North Carolina PTA convention planned in High Point
Plans completed for the 21st annual North Carolina Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers convention to be hosted by the High Point Local PTA Council. The two day event at William Penn High School features a keynote by Dr. Walter Ridley, panel discussions, awards, a dinner, and music by local school groups.
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North Carolina Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers
High Point
PTA Council
William Penn High School
Mable P. McKenzie
PTA
Walter Ridley
State Teachers College
Elizabeth City
Jess Washburn
Verta I. Coe
Charles W. Bynum
The
National Foundation
Andrew Taylor
Boy Scouts of America
John R
William Penn Glee Club
Griffin
D. M. Jarnagin
Raleigh
Congress
Obituary highlights for Harris Hill and family ties
More Obituaries On Page 10B notes the death of Harris Hill’s wife who died Aug. 12, 1946. Survivors include daughters Roxana Bell Balparaiso Florida Ernest Byerly at home John Breeden Watsonville California and John Robbins Holly Hill Road Thomasville one son Hubert Hill Greensboro three sisters and five brothers with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral services are set for Friday at 3 p.m. from Carolina Avenue Baptist Church officiated by Reverend Hemphill and Reverend S T.
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Harris Hill
Roxana J. Bell
Balparaiso
Fla
Ernest Byerly
John Breeden
Watsonville
Calif
John Robbins
Holly Hill Road
Thomasville
Hubert Hill
Greensboro
Lidsey Byerly
Denton Road
Melvin Wright
Two Entries For Festival Contest In Thomasville
Two additional county school entries were filed for the Miss Piedmont contest to be held during the Piedmont Festival on November 28. Pilot High School and North Davidson High School students announced candidacy, with Vickie Lemmons and Becky Nifong as entrants.
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Thomasville
Pilot High School
North Davidson High School
Vickie Lemmons
Pilot School
Becky Nifong
State Future Homemakers
North Davidson
Lemmons
W. R. Lemmons
Lexington Avenue
L. R. Nifong
Route 4
Lexington
Mi Erlanger
Granny Hill 74 Dies in Thomasville Rites Friday
Ada Klass Hill known as Granny, 74, of 1150 Holly Hill Road, died today at home after years of declining health. Born March 26, 1884 in Davidson County, she was a charter member of Carolina Avenue Baptist Church and active in the Homemakers Class and Women’s Missionary Society. Funeral rites are planned for Friday.
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Thomasville
Ada
Granny) Klass Hill
Holly Hill Road
Hill
Davidson County
William and
Rachel Hughes Klass
Carolina Avenue Baptist Church
Women’s Missionary Society of the Church
Thomasville Hunters Cleared In Baiting Case At Hearing
A U S commissioner cleared the J and G Hunting Club of Thomasville and seven local hunters of baiting geese on fields near Ansonville. Acquitted were Jack Gilliam Austin Batten Benjamin Hicks John Perry C M Freeman Mack Moore and Frank Newsome.(Gaddy refuge area) Three Thomasville men await charges while Jim Dunlap of Ansonville was fined 25 for aiding geese shooting on baited land. Mil0 found on club fields deemed not bait. Major Algeria water project noted with 22 French dams for irrigation.
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Thomasville
Wadesboro
U. S
Ansonville
Jim K. Dunlap
Comee S. F. Caligan
Yester
R. H. Conrad
Johnny Meadows Jr
George Gxeckowicz
Jack Gilliam
Austin Batten
Benjamin D. Hicks
John R. Perry
C. M. Freeman
Mack S. Moore
Frank Newsome
Thomasville Hunting Club
Caligan
J & G Hunting
George Ross
Gaddy
Thomasville Club
Dunlap
C. A. “Rink
Ballard
Anson County
Lance Springer
Gaddy Refuge
Interment Planned at Fair Grove Cemetery
The body will rest at Siler Funeral Home until Thursday at 4 p.m. then be moved to the family plot in Fair Grove Methodist Church cemetery for interment.
Dolls Dress For Yule Fund In High Point
About 350 dolls will be dressed by local volunteers for the Christmas Cheer Fund to aid families in need this holiday season. Mrs John Davis chairs the doll committee and notes increased doll intake this year with help from groups including Mid Week Home Demonstration Club Presbyterian Home YWCA High Point College Deep River Home Demonstration Club Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 619 Council of Jewish Women Junior Women's Club and Exchange Club. Dolls are due at the fund HQ by December 15.
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John Davis
Presbyterian Home
YWCA
High Point College
Deep River Home
VFW Post
Council of Jewish Women
Exchange the Club
Holiday Closing Schedule For Merchants Set
THOMASVILLE The local Merchants Association has recom mended its member stores lead Tuesday afternoon closings until Jan. 6. The schedule includes Friday night openings until 9 p.m. on Nov. 14 and 21, and Dec. 5, 12, 19. Stores close at 7 p.m. on Nov. 28 because of the Piedmont Festival.
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Thomasville
Local Merchants Association
Bermuda Islands Are Exposed Parts of Submarine Mountain
The 100 Bermuda islands form exposed sections of a submerged mountain in the mid Atlantic.
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mid-Atlantic
Bermuda
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North America
Charles Bynum
John Larkins
Family Finance
Corporation of High Point, Inc
E. Commerce ST
Asheville
Charlotte Concord
Durham
Gastonia
Salisbury
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Lamb's Heating CO
Main ST
Algeria
North Africa
J. Wilson Rogers Insurance Agency
W. Green
Yule Fund
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Kenilworth Dr
Thrudav
Pearl Benz
Ardmore
Oklahoma
N.C
Ray Wheatley
Woodrow Ave
N. C
Sol
Coos
Nallas
E. Washington ST
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