Congregation To Dedicate First Presbyterian Church On Thanksgiving
The First Presbyterian church will dedicate its gray stone building on Thanksgiving Day, twenty years after construction began, as debts are cleared. The special service starts at 10 a.m. with a combined dedication and Thanksgiving theme. The history traces back to 1853 and earlier, when gold mining and long journeys to worship marked the community.
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First Presbyterian Church
North Carolina
High Point
Fir Denny
Buffalo Church
Denny
High Point Clears Way to Start Hamilton Street Bridge Work
Federal roads admin approves bid and plans for the Hamilton street bridge clearing the way for construction. Cavalier Construction of Portsmouth won the $78 750 bid to build the bridge and resurface Hamilton street to East Washington. Plans were revised to use reinforced concrete eliminating steel girders to avoid delays.
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High Point
Hamilton Street
Federal Roads Administration
Earl N. Phillips
W. P. Me.Whorter
Atlanta
Federal Public Roads Bureau
Hamilton Street Bridge
Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Cavalier Construction Company
Portsmouth
East Washington Street
Federal Bureau
Virginia Company
Cavalier Contractors
Perry Street
Cavalier Company
Southern Railway
Willowbrook Street
Local Physicians Work With Health Department In High Point
In High Point the health department operates without a health officer since Dr. R. A. Herring resigned Sept 21. Acting head W. Hey maintains services with a reduced staff, while several qualified health directors await appointment. Key vacancies include director, four white field nurses, one Negro field nurse, and a laboratory technician despite ongoing tuberculosis control efforts led by Dr. W. C. Parks and other clinicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wint Capel
High Point
R. A. Herring
W. Hey
Wring
Labor Expert To Address Association Meeting
Dr. George D. Heaton of Charlotte Myers Park Baptist Church will speak at the Associated Industries of High Point dinner meeting at the Sheraton tomorrow night at 7. Heaton, noted on employer employee relations, serves on the North Carolina board of arbitration and has addressed national and regional labor and management groups. About 75 local industrialists and businessmen are expected.
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George D. Heaton
Myers Park Baptist Church
Charlotte
South
Associated Industries of High Point, Inc
Sheraton
Heaton
Louisville
North Carolina Board of Arbitration
Southern Conference On Human Relations
American Management Association
Tennessee
North Carolina
Chattanooga
Philadelphia
Nurses Sought to Work With VA Hospitals in North Carolina
Veterans Administration officials said a critical need exists for nurses at the Oteen VA hospital near Asheville and at four VA hospitals statewide. Local rep Saintsing urged registered graduate nurses to apply, noting minimum salaries and long range programs to attract young women to nursing.
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North Carolina
Erans Administration
John FE. Saintsing
Oteen VA
Asheville
Army Hospital
Anoa
Moore
Fayette and
Oteen
Saintsing
Danville Police Take Thomasville Slayer
Danville Virginia police and FBI agents announced the arrest of 45 year old Vance Smith Morrand on a fugitive warrant from North Carolina authorities. He is wanted for questioning in the 1928 slaying of Thomasville police officer Leo Reddick and for allegedly shooting an 8 year old in Thomasville earlier this year under the alias Ernest Green.
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Danville
FBI
North Carolina
Vance Smith Morrand
Thomasville
N. C
EF. R. Richardson
Leo Reddick
Ernest Green
Thomasville Ee
The Messiah Presented by High Point Schools
The High Point city schools music department presents Handel's The Messiah on December 6 and 8 at the senior high auditorium directed by Carl G. N. Cronstedt. A 200-voice chorus with soloists Dorothy Hoskins Mary Lou Rainey Dr C L Gray and Cronstedt bass, plus Mae Kirkman on piano and Emile H Serposs on organ, will perform with a small orchestra. Tickets are free and two performances will accommodate overflow crowds.
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High Point
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
Dorothy Hoskins
Mary Lou Rainey
Ed Mendenhall to Lecture at Realty Institute
Ed Mendenhall of Mendenhall Thompson realtors will lecture at the first annual Real Estate Practices Institute in Alexandria Virginia on Wednesday November 27. His topic is Conducting a Modern Real Estate Brokerage Business. The institute is sponsored by the Alexandria Arlington Fairfax real estate board and aims to educate active real estate brokers salesmen and staff.
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Alexandria
Ed Mendenhall
Mendenhall-Thompson, Realtors
Alexandria-Arlington- Fairfax Real Estate Board
Field Artillery Unit Will Be Located Here
Sixth army headquarters designates Reserve Lt. Col. Franklin E. Carpenter to head a new 445th rocket field artillery battalion to be organized in the area. One battery to be in High Point with 45 inch rockets. headquarters and at least one battalion in Greensboro.
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Sixth Army Headquarters
Franklin E. Carpenter
High Point
445Th Rocket Field Artillery Battalion
Greensboro
Carpenter
Sixth Army Field Artillery
Connecticut National Guard
Southwest
Pacific
Leyte
43Rd Divisional Artillery
Luzon
152Nd Field Artillery
Carperer
Senior High School Symphony Fall Concert This Afternoon
Sixty or more musicians from the Senior High and both junior orchestras perform at 3:30 in the Senior High auditorium. Conductor Miss Virginia Frank leads six symphonic pieces and string works with Ralph Tilden as pianist. Local attendance invited with tickets sold in the Senior High lobby. state symphony appearance planned for late winter or early spring.
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Senior High School Symphony
Cimarosa
Kern
Tschaikovsky
Ralph Tilden
Gershwin
Gade
Noel Coward
Betty Michaels
Louise Erickson
Robin Gatewood
H. T. Rhode
Francis Booze
William Raper
New York Philharmonic Symphony
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
State Symphony
Used Toys for Needy to Be Collected in High Point
Plans for a Christmas party for about 800 underprivileged High Point children on December 23 are sponsored by the Salvation Army and the JayCees. The drive asks residents to donate old toys at local fire stations this week and the JayCees will collect on Monday Wednesday and Friday before handing them to the Salvation Army for repair and distribution.
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High Point
Salvation Army
Junior Chamber of Commerce
JayCees
C. R. Collins
Safety Film Traffic With the Devil Screens at Center Theatre
A three day engagement begins tomorrow at Center theatre for the short safety film Traffic With the Devil. Sponsored by the High Point Safety council and local police, it presents authentic scenes from Los Angeles traffic reports. Another safety short High Mania plays at Broadhurst theatre today and tomorrow.
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Center Theatre
High Point Safety Council
Los Angeles
Broadhurst Theatre
Flight Memoir From an Aerial Trip to Cleveland Show
The narrator and Bob Reed drive from High Point to Cleveland to attend the national air craft show. They fly a two place Taylor craft, map the route through West Virginia and Ohio, and describe mountain downdrafts and rough air while crossing the route toward Roanoke.
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Bob Reed
Bob
Cleveland
Ohio
High Point
Rockies
West Virginia
Roanoke
Mountain Flight Over West Virginia Ends In Landing
Ed Lewis recounts a climb to 8000 feet and above in Marlington County West Virginia reaching Warm Springs and a hilltop airport, facing a strong headwind. He describes a 1928 Franklin sedan lunch visit and local lore about springs rivers dinosaurs bears and a rugged mountaineer with a colorful, vivid tale.
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Warm Springs
Marlington
West Virginia
America
Bob
Virgin Territory
Franklin
Chamber of Commerce
Christmas Seals Go on Sale Monday
Local volunteers, nearly 30 women, will check mail returns for the High Point tuberculosis association 40th annual Christmas seal sale. Mrs. Karl Shepard announces eight checkers per day through December 14 with Miss Jo Ingram supervising street sales on December 14 and Bangle Day events set for December 18 in schools and colleges.
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Karl Shepard
Seal Sale
High Point Tuberculosis Association
J. E. Slate
A. B. Croome
Ernie Hall
James A. Kidd
Irby Ritter
John Diffendal
Tom Pitts
Dick Marshall
Bettye Brock
Ruth Bowne
Jean Harn
W. E. Mitchell
Harry Doctor
C. E. Lehmann
Tom Evans
Sam Tobias
James Lyon
Max Bones
Max
Ben Swartzberg
Kenner Amos
George T. Wood, Jr
Joe Temple
Henry Millis, Jr
Edwin Hedrick
Don Conrad
George Marsh
J. T. Fe
Veterans Hear Jones At Banquet
Grover H. Jones city attorney and World War I veteran spoke at the Veterans' banquet for former servicemen of Main Street Methodist church. Rev. E. M. Jones acted as toastmaster. Jones urged Christians to yield to Christ’s teaching of brotherly love and to merge institutions for the security of all races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover H. Jones
Main Street Methodist Church
E. M. Jones
Europe
Blind veteran receives radio and services from VA
Rufus Alexander, WWII blinded veteran, received a combined radio and record player from the Veterans Administration. J. H. Hale, a training officer, installed it and arranged for further free devices and training. Alexander plans a poultry farm on nearby land and will use a hand loom to weave rugs, with leather work also possible.
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Rufus Alexander
Army Engineers
Germany
Veterans Administration
Uncle Sam
J. H. Hale
Winston-Salem
Alexander
High Point
Forsyth-Guilford Line
West Street
Chamber Will Elect Eight New Directors for 1947
Ballots to nominate 16 men for the chamber of commerce board will be mailed Monday according to secretary Frank J. Sizemore. After nominations ballots will be prepared to elect eight directors for next year as eight members retire from the board each year.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Frank J. Sizemore
Chamber
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Hamilton St. Bridge
First Presbyterians
George Gershwin
Robin Garwood
Virginia Saunders
Gloria Savas
Jean Weekly
Jane Roach
Marceline Ayers
Geraldine Brawley
Shirley Kirkman
Council
Health Department
W. C. Parks
George Heaton
Urses
Realty Institute
Virginia Frank
Donnie Silver
Amanda Gekas
Joanne Sechrest
Norman Sohnchen
Annie Alverson
Ruth Hyde
Nancy Greer
Clara Yarborough
Darrell Beverly
Clara Ann Massey
Nancy Lewis
Charles Stout
Ann Marlette
Phylis Hedrick
Edna Wall
Marceline Ayres
Jean Short
Charles Froelich
Bobby Hopkins
Leslie Andrews
Jeanne Montgomery
June Rose
Gladys Linthicum
Robert Fllis
Irving Silver
Jimmy Hoots
Joe Dale
Charlene Thomas
Bill White
Betsy White
Bill Gray
Jack King
Ed Lewis
Hear Jones
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