Local Court Docket Features Public Drunkenness Cases
Public drunkenness cases dominated the municipal docket with 11 defendants ordered to pay fines and costs and receive suspensions ranging from 30 days to four months. Notable names include Charlie L. Odum Felix Little William Latta Louise Burris Carl H. Tilley and E W Stone plus cases of issuing worthless checks driving drunk non support and assault in a list of offenses and dispositions.
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Charlie L. Odum
Larkin Street
Felix Little
South Main Street
William Latta
Thissell Street
Louise Burris
East Washington Street
Carl H. Tilley
Willowbrook Street
E. W. Stone
Salisbury
H. B. Koonce
West Howell Street
William E. Goins
Kivett Drive
Burton H. King
Storace C. Venable
Kernersville
Meredith Street
City Employes Care For Lost Child In City Hall
Betty Brown city employee who often handles the city hall switchboard cared for a boy named Eddy Edwards left in a car by his uncle Robert Marshall. City Manager T. E. Hinson and Public Works Director Silas McBee aided, promising safety and friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Brown
City Hall
Eddy Edwards
Betty
Young Edwards
T. E. Hinson
Silas McBee
Robert Marshall
Sunday Work On Building May Be Asked
Officials of the Southern Furniture Exposition building plan to ask the city council for permission to operate on Sundays to keep the 10 story addition on schedule. If approved the extra day may be used to double time the project. The council will also hear Bob Martin’s petition on purchasing or renting voting machines for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture Exposition
City Elections Board
Bob Martin
Martin
City Elections
Pilot Club Cancels Meeting. Dinner Planned for November 22
The Pilot club announced no regular meeting tonight and says a dinner will be held November 22. Members are alerted to the plan change. Shore Neal's office on the city hall second floor was later visited by a young Edwards, causing glee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Club
Shore Neal
City Hall
Young Edwards
Mrs Sobel’s bold play overturns four heart contract
In a chesslike bridge hand, Mrs Helen Sobel of New York shows top class play. The column notes her swift six card play against a four heart contract, detailing how she ruffs, draws hearts, and leads clubs to limit loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Sobel
New York
West
Power Shovel Rescues Trapped Tractor at Exposition Site
A power shovel lifted a tractor out of a deep hole at the Exposition building addition site after quarters became cramped for moving gear. The operation, watched by sidewalk engineers, was intentional to retrieve the machine safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exposition Building
Two Girls Sentenced In Municipal Workhouse Trial
In the first municipal jury term, Jackie Carroll aged 22 and Mildred Little aged 27 were sentenced to terms in the county workhouse. Carroll received 30 days for disorderly conduct and 30 days for immoral vagrancy while Little drew 30 days for disorderly conduct. A charge of assault with a deadly weapon against Carroll was dismissed after a not guilty verdict. The incident occurred September 27 in a taxi driven by Otis Bottoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Carroll
Mangum Avenue
Mildred ‘Little
East Commerce ‘Street
Carroll
Otis Bottoms
Bottoms
Virginia Morgan
George Morgan
Lenora i Grant
Jack D. Grant
Cletus Daniel Brady
Aleese Brady
Rogers Named Census District Supervisor for 1950
Congressman Carl T. Durham announced J. D. Rogers Jr. is appointed district supervisor for the 1950 census with census headquarters for the sixth district in High Point. Rogers previously headed the business census conducted this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl T. Durham
J. D. Rogers, Jr
High Point
Rogers
Local Firms Broken Into Sunday Night
Two local firms were broken into Sunday night with thefts reported by police. Arcade Bowling Alley on North Main Street was entered, three cartons of cigarettes and $15 stolen. Presto lunch on English Street saw 12 cases of beer and a missing amount from the jukebox.
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N. 1 Main Street
Presto
English Street
Virginia U. Students Are Taken to Task
Philadelphia hotel men planned talks with University of Virginia officials over actions by Virginia students and netball followers who visited for a Penn game. They described disruptive conduct, including vandalism and unruly behavior at two downtown hotels during Virginia’s 26 14 victory over Penn.
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Philadelphia
University of Virginia
Virginia
University of Pennsylvania
Bennett E. Tousley
Philadelphia Hotel Association
Colgate W. Darden
The
Southern University
Tousley
University of Pensylvania
Adelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Penn
Sample May Take Census Position
Raleigh reports Harry Sample state probation commissioner ordered replaced by December 31 may join temporary federal work as U S census supervisor in his district. Sample backed Gov Scott opponent Charles Johnson and is recommended by Rep Monroe Redden of the 12th district for a six to eight month post. South Dakota’s Bad Lands cover 5200 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Harry Sample
Scott
Sample
Charles Johnson
Monroe Redden
Horizontal 1 5 Depicted actor and related word clues
A quiz style puzzle listing many cross clues including actors, animals, and objects. The vertical and horizontal entries cover names like Hoosier and Emerald, and terms for numbers, actions, and colors, forming a large word game.
Virginia Alumni Clash Prompts Ban on South of Chester
In a lobby dispute Adelphia signs were torn down as Tousley faced questions about Virginia students and alumni. The association’s unanimous stance warned that if Virginia plays here again reservations would be refused to anyone south of Chester Pennsylvania. Separate notices report two absolute divorces sought in municipal court, Horace Janney v Janney and Norma Coleman v Aldene Coleman, while a population fact notes Hawaii’s land area being smaller than New York City’s 365 square miles.
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Adelphia
Tousley
Virginia
Chester
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Horace William Janney
Vitoria Marie Janney
Norma Mamie Coleman
iAldene
Melvin Coleman
Lester Coleman
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America’s Card Authority
East
Mrs. Sobel
Esso
Ede
Esso Standard Oil Company
Montlieu Ave
Spis
Studebaker
Lewis Motor CO
Wrenn ST
C. E. Jordan
Maybelle Jordan
Doris H. Bass
Horace M. Bass
Ruby Person
Eugene Person
Virginia U
South Dakota
Thailand
Ocean
North Carolina
Guido
Hawaiian Islands
New York City
Fleetwood
Fleetwood Coffee
America
Robert Lamkie
Riel
Vaughn Monroe
Edith Stromberg
Ana O'Rourke
G. Manley
Marylee Hahn
Ed Liman
Judith Doniger
Ted Crone
Benny Venuta
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N.C
Camiel
Ame
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