Jamestown warns of fake high school athletic fundraiser
Found: a man touring Jamestown and surrounding areas posing as a Jamestown high school athletic department representative. He solicits funds claiming to support football equipment lettering at two dollars per item. Principal Kenneth Miller and the Jamestown Improvement League urge residents to donate only through official channels.
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Jamestown
Jamestown High School
Kenneth Miller
Miller
Jamestown Improvement League
Jamestown League
Jamestown High
Salvation Army Week Activities Announced
Capt Olvy Sheppard announces a week of Salvation Army events in Citi el including prayer meetings Sunday at 7 and 10 am, Sunday School at 10, Holiness meeting at 11, junior salvation at 2, open air gatherings, and band rehearsals Friday plus district events in Thomasville and various youth programs throughout the week.
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Salvation Army
Olvy Sheppord
Citiel
Ruth Sheppard
Salvation
Salvation and Praise
Sheppard
Thomasville
Ladies’ Home League
Sunbeam
Corps Cadets
Young People's Legion
Girl Guards
St Mary's Club Sees Film Monday at Parish House
The Men s club of St Mary s Episcopal Church will meet Monday at 6 15 PM in the parish house. President Gil Clinard said the feature is a color film on God is My Land lord to be shown by Rev Cecil Haworth of Central Veiends Meeting.
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St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Gil Clinard
God
Cecil Haworth
Central Veiends
Mule Train Tops High Point Radio Buzz
In High Point the song Mule Train dominates airwaves with multiple versions heard daily. Frankie Lane’s rendition is labeled strongest by a local disc jockey, while listeners foresee the tune lasting into next year and possibly inspiring symphony arrangements. Schools plan Thanksgiving closure on Thursday and Friday per Charles F. Carroll.
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Fligh
High Point
Frankie Lane
North Carolina Symphony
Charles F. Carroll
Captain Snow Premier At 4 30 This Afternoon
High Point announces the radio drama Captain Snow a pioneer story about Captain William Henry Snow. The 4 30 broadcast on WHPE features Charles Parker as Snow with Laura Whitlark directing and a cast including John Surrett and W C Roberts. A 9 30 repeat airs Tuesday on WMFR.
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Captain Snow
William Henry Snow
WHPI
WMFR
Rodney Snow
Ruby Snow Bencini
Aid
Captan Snow
Enterprise
Byrd
Snow
High Point
Society of Friends
WHPE
Irwin Coffield, Jr
Community Radio Council
Laura V. Whitlark
Charles Parker
John Surrett
Dave Clark
W. C. Roberts
A. J. Sapp
Herman Coble
Seaborn
Perry Fletcher Womble
J. C. McAllister
John Lindsay
Free Tuberculosis Tests Here Supported By TB Association
Guilford county offers free x ray and fluroscope checks at the High Point health department for citizens with possible TB symptoms. The TB Association funds film and processing while Dr. Wallin or nurse They Cook handle exams and tuberculin testing when needed.
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TB Association
Joe Brown
Guilford County
High Point
County Health Department
Tuberculosis Association
State Department
Loren Wallin
Wallin
Miss They Cook
Guilford County Tops in State Manufacturing Output
Guilford County ranks among the top four counties in North Carolina manufacturing for 1947. It leads in establishments, total production workers, wages, and capital outlays, with Forsyth, Gaston, and Cabarrus following.
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Guilford County
Guilford
Forsyth
Gaston
Cabarrus
Gaston County
North Carolina
North Carolna
Optimistic High Point Business Outlook Postwar Recovery
Wachovia Bank vice president Brant Snavely notes improved demand in furniture and hosiery sectors. Orders extend into 1950 with mid-year showings and record furniture purchases boosting production and inventories. He cites healthier retail activity, wider employment, and confidence in postwar growth across the Mid-South region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brant R. Snavely
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
High Point
Mid-South
Waitress Flaunts Early American Menu Piece at Local Eatery
A waitress at a local restaurant displays a facsimile of an 1834 Delmonico menu owned by Mrs. Genevieve Smith. The menu shows coffee at one cent, dinner at 12 cents, soup at two cents, and ham and eggs at ten cents, highlighting inflation contrasts as prices rise to about 2.50 dollars today. The Delmonico menu was given to Mrs. Smith by her brother-in-law in Des Moines, Iowa, a deputy who notes the cost of meals while juries are fed.
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Genevieve Smith
Des Moines
Iowa
Duke Head To Speak At Alumni Meet
Dr. Arthur Hollis Edens, born February 14 1901, son of a Methodist minister, will address the Duke University Alumni Association banquet at Emerywood Country Club on December 2. An educator with degrees from Emory Harvard and Davidson, he rose from rural Clay County Tennessee schools to the presidency of Duke University.
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Arthur Hollis Edens
Duke University
Edens
Duke University Alumni Association
Emerywood Country Club
Tennessee
Dr. Edens
Everett C
Barbara Ellen Edens
Clay County
Tenn
Cumberland Mountain School
Scarritt College
Emory University
University of Chicago
Harvard University
Emory
Davidson College
Duke
Municipal court docket lists about 60 cases for Monday
Approximately 60 cases have been docketed for Monday's Municipal court and a few more are expected over the weekend. Municipal sessions are also scheduled for Wednesday and Friday this week.
Looking Backwards November 20, 1929 with Gardner proclaiming
On November 20 1929 Governor O Max Gardner issued his first Thanksgiving proclamation praising signs of economic recovery in North Carolina after a summer of turmoil. The piece also mentions a Illinois lawmaker Edward Denison facing liquor charges and honors for James W Good of the Hoover administration.
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North Carolina
Max Gardner
Washington
Sen. Brookhart
Wall Street
Senate
James W. Good
Hoover
White House
Organizations Join Efforts On Project
The Empty Stocking Fund and Salvation Army Lions Club Christmas Fund will cooperate while soliciting funds separately to furnish food baskets and toys for the needy this Christmas. A master list from the County Welfare Department will prevent duplication. Last year 750 food baskets were packed by the city fire department. 2,100 toys and 900 food baskets were distributed by the Salvation Army Lions Club. Applications begin November 25. the Christmas benefit broadcast airs December 16 on WMFR.
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Empty Stocking Fund
Salvation Army Lions Club Christmas Fund
Gladis Kivett
County Welfare Department
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Lions Club
Salvation Army Toy Shop
WMFR
SA Group Leaders To Attend Meeting
A delegation of 10 group leaders from the Girl Guard and Sunbear classes of the Salvation Army will visit Burlington tomorrow night for a district conference. Virginia Askey of Charlotte will be principal speaker for the occasion.
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Salvation Army
Burlington
le Virginia Askey
Charlotte
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Edward Y. Mitchell
Guilford County Committee For Legal Contral
St. Mary’s Club
Fred Flagler, JR
County
Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce
United States Department of Commerce
James C. Forbis
Mayview Avenue
Delmonico
By Harry Hondros
DR. Hollis Edens
Harry Hendros
Edward
Denison
Illinois
Marion
Ines
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