Local Man Earns Silver Star For Heroic Aid At Bulge
Pfc. Robert T. Hedrick of High Point earned the Silver Star for bravery during the Battle of the Belgian Bulge. Despite sniper fire he aided 18 wounded under fire with Red Cross armband visible, later evacuated for treatment. He also holds the Purple Heart and other medals. Hedrick’s family and military service details are noted, including training at Camp Cook and assignments across several posts.
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Rome
Robert T. Hedrick
High Point
Bulge
41St Armored
2Nd Armored
Hell On Wheels
Briscoll
Pfc
Hedrick
Aero Menang
Red Cross
Camp Reynolds
Penn
2Nd Armored Division
States
Battery Hospital
John W. Hedrick, Jr
England
Army Corps of Engineers
American University
Ete
Army
University of North Carolina
Phi Gamma Delta Frater
Asheboro Ships Books to Filipino Schools
Two shipments of history books dictionaries and other school supplies were sent to Filipino teachers by the First Methodist church in Asheboro in response to a request from Stanley Smith a soldier stationed in the Philippines. The Young Fellowship group coordinated the effort to aid American schooling efforts there.
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Asheboro
Philippines
Stanley Smith
First Methodist Church
Young Fellowship
Smith
Methodist Rally to Feature Pastor Paul Hardin Jr in Greensboro
The Greensboro district Western North Carolina Methodist conference evangelism and education rally will be led by Rev. Paul Hardin Jr. of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church at West Market Street church Greensboro. Morning session speakers include Bishop Clare Purcell Dr. Mark Depp Rev. A E Acey Rev Walter Miller Rev Carl King and Rev R C Goforth. Hardin’s address will open the night session with Greensboro College vocal sextet and Miss Martha Faulconer providing music.
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Paul Hardin, Jr
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Greensboro
Western North Carolina Methodist Conference
West Market Street Methodist Church
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
Mark Depp
Centenary Church
Winston-Salem
A. E. Acey
Main Street
Danville
Walter J. Miller
First Church
Salisbury
Carl H. King
Conference Board of Education
R. C. Goforth
Proximity Church
Hardin
Greensboro College
Martha Faulconer
Herman C. Raiford
W. W. Hutchins
Mr. Hutchins
A. I. Newlin
Guilford College
James L. Hay
YMCA
P. E. Lindley
High Point College
T. C. McKnight
Elkin
Wesley Memorial Church
G. I. Humphreys
Sheraton Hotel
Carl Cronstedt
J. Floyd Moore
Earl Frazier Named Officer In State College Fraternity
Earl D. Frazier of 601 Monthieu Avenue High Point has been elected vice resident of the North Carolina Pi Tau Sigma chapter a national honorary mechanical engineering fraternity. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J Frazier of High Point and served in the U S forces in France from 1943 to 1945.
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Raleigh
Earl D. Frazier
Monthieu Avenue
High Point
North Carolina
Pi Tau Sigma Fraternity
and J. Frazier
High Point Students Help With Christmas Seals Drive
Five school papers from High Point and Guilford County will join a tuberculosis education campaign tied to the 39th annual Christmas Seals sale. Students will submit articles on tuberculosis control and health protection, with papers reviewed by the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association and the National group.
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AID T.B. Fight
Scholastic
Caroline Arden
The
Pointer
High Point High School
Marilyn Robinette
Junior Pointer
High Point Junior High School
William Luck
Pen
William Penn High School
Betty Jo Chilton
Jamestown High School
Jamestown
Emma Zack Short
Sumnette
High Point
High Point Tuberculosis Association
Columbia Scholastic Association
National Tuberculosis Association
S. S. Saunders
Theorth Carolina Tuberculosis Association
Raleigh
National Association
Sumner
Guilford County
William Penn
Charlotte Gift
Emma Hemphill
Jandie Short
Phapsey
Urman Smith
Jamestown School
Jo Chilton
Mary Blackburn
Kenneth Miller
D. P. Whitley
Miss Hodgins
Lloyd Thayer
Thelma Connell
C. E. Yokeley
S. E. Burford
Commission Named To Draw Up New French Constitution
Paris reports a 44 member commission was named by the constituent assembly to draft a new constitution for the fourth French republic. The assembly will vote tomorrow on approving President de Gaulle's coalition cabinet which assigns five portfolios to each of the uniteists Socialists and Popular Republican parties.
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Paris
Constituent Assembly
de Gaulle
Unists
Tentative Program Set Up For YMCA Conclave
A tentative plan outlines the 27th annual older boys YMCA conference in which 110 out of town delegates will gather November 30 to December 2. Wesley Memorial Methodist church serves as headquarters with registration at 2 p m Friday. The opening session features Rev Wilson Weldon and will include music by Carl Cronstedt and welcomes from Pete Armstrong and Luther McCombs.
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Paul L. Peterson
Kannapolis
Thanksgiving Services Mark First Peacetime Holiday Since 1941
Church bells summoned High Point residents to mass and prayers as the city observed Thanksgiving with many off work and a festive mood. Churches held special services, flex schedules, and a Thompson orphanage offering while officials kept quiet city duties.
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Old Sol
Turkey
Lincoln
Wesley Eee
Friends Churches
St. Mary’s
Thompson
Christian Science Society of
North Main Street
First Methodist
Archdale Methodist
Archdale
Fairfield
Local Service Men Dock At American Ports
Service men from High Point and vicinity aboard vessels docking in American ports are listed with ranks and hometowns. Names and assignments include multiple High Point personnel on vessels Hawaiian Skipper Lurline Alcoa Polaris William Penier General Pope Montclair Victory Athos with arrival dates in New York San Francisco Portland Boston and other ports.
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High Point
New York
William R. Hooker
Peter McGuire
Cecil Pegram
Ernest Noah
Charles E. Lidd
Sellers Armentrout
T-5
Bright Sink
Lexington
Henry
Portland
Ore
Charles Hutchins
Paul Barber
Jamestown
William Penier
Boston
Jesse M. Mason
John O. Skeen
Thomasville
General Pope
San Francisco
Cleveland L. Murphy
Fred Brickey
Richberg to Address Southern Furniture Men Meeting
Donald R. Richberg of Washington former NRA general counsel will speak at the 35th annual Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association meeting in Winston-Salem at the Robert E. Lee hotel on November 29 and 30. J. T. Ryan announced the program. Undersecretary of War Kenneth Royall will speak at the annual dinner. Army bakers on Pacific islands learned to ferment coconut milk when yeast ran out.
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Donald R. Richberg
Washerington
NRA
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Winston-Salem
J. T. Ryan
Robert E. Lee
Winston- Salem
Kenneth Royall
Pacific Islands
Hollowell Named Gastonia Municipal Court Judge
L B Hollowell longtime chairman of the county elections board was named Gastonia municipal court judge replacing the late A C Jones. The note adds a curious line about the oil needed to run a battleship heating homes for twenty years.
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Gastonia
L. B. Hollowell
Board of County Elections For
A. C. Jones
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Methodist Rally
Earl Frazier
State College
United States
Turkeys
D. R. Richberg
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Zaeyulds Is
Chicago
Elwood Hotel
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