Grange and Jaycee Groups Plan Rural Relations Meeting
High Point junior chamber and three Grange groups will meet next Thursday at Springfield Friends Meeting to discuss improving urban rural understanding. Representatives from New Market Oak View and Trinity Granges will attend to explore collaboration.
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High Point
Springfield
L. L. Ray
North Carolina Dairy Products Association
State Grange
Grange
Alfred M. Brown
Concord
Amber
Commerce
Agriculture Committee
Lawrence Austin
High Point Jaycee Agriculture Committee
Jaycees
Austin
Ray
Randolph County
Duke Power Company
North Carolina Dairy Foundation
N. C. State College
Comprehensive Reports On Accidents Tell Tragic Tale
North Carolina officials push a joint study by Dairy and Jaycee leaders to examine road crashes. The third quarter 1949 report shows 600 killed and 6,928 injured in 14,594 crashes statewide, with Guilford and nearby counties bearing high fatality rates. Traffic safety notes highlight speeds 31 to 40 mph and Tuesdays as safer travel days.
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North Carolina
Highway Safety Division
Guilford County
High Point
YMCA Building Campaign Launches in High Point
Campaign workers from the Junior Chamber of Commerce start a city wide house to house canvass to raise 135000 in a single day for a YMCA building fund. The effort aims to combine with Industrial pledges to finance the new facility under construction with ground breaking recently held.
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High Point
YMCA
Ymca Building Fund
Chamber of Emerce
Jaycee
Sheraton
Associated Industries
Lions Lead Empty Stocking Fund With 100 Dollar Start
The Lions Club opened the annual Empty Stocking Fund with a $100 donation. Last year the drive raised 4276.67 dollars, funding 250 large and 500 small family baskets purchased wholesale. This year baskets will be similar in value and recipients verified from a shared master list prepared by Gladis Kivett of the County Welfare Office.
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The
Lions Club
Salvation Army
Gladis Kivett
County Welfare Office
Sunday Local Page Features Look Back and Round About
Two Enterprise features regularly appearing on the Sunday local page, Looking Backward and Round and About, will be found on inside pages today.
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Two Enterprise
Postmaster Predicts Record Yule Mailing in High Point
Postmaster S C Clark urged early mailing of Christmas greetings and gifts stating a record flood of mail is expected, likely surpassing 1948. He advised state and local deliveries, urged card and gift senders to act now, and described preparations including extra staff and sorting, stamp stock, and shipping trucks.
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S. C. Clark
High Point
Census to Count NC Noses Next Year With 12 District Offices
High Point will host a district census office led by J. D. Rogers for four counties as North Carolina joins 12 offices statewide in the 17th decennial census. About 150000 people are needed countrywide, with 454 enumerators under 254 crew leaders in this state. Applications for enumerator posts will be announced later, not before March 1950.
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Uncle Sam
North Carolina
High Point
J. D. Rogers
Asheville
Charlotte
Gastonia
Goldsboro
Lexington
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
Statesville
Washington
Wilmington
Winston. Salem
Census Bureau
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Fred “Lagler
Enterprise
North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
United States
Young Men's Christian Association
Bilding
Lions
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