You KNOW HIM high point college director of athletics
Edward V. Mitchell profiles Ralph James the director of athletics at High Point college who coaches football basketball and baseball and manages year round duties. He has 20 years coaching in North Carolina and four seasons at High Point with a record of 105 wins 28 losses and 21 ties. He previously coached at Asheville high school Brevard Weaver Western Carolina Teachers and Blue Ridge School for Boys.
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High Point College
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James
High Point Colleges
Ralph
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Asheville
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Tennessee
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Wake Forest College
Tames
The
Baptist School
Blue Ridge School For
Hendersonville
Weaver College
Brevard College
Brevard
Western Carolina Teachers College
Long-serving Thomasville employee retires or honored
W Horace Jarrett has served the City of Thomasville for nearly fifty years making him its longest tenured employee. He began his city work long before current staff arrived and has witnessed decades of municipal change.
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Wint Capel Enterprise
Thomasville
W. Horace Jarrett
Jarrett
City Water Department
Water Department
Davidson County
Julia Lee Underwood
Mrr
Mr. Jarrett
Old City
Masons Give Largest Gift To Oxford Orphanage In NC
Masons of High Point and friends donated 10387.53 to the Oxford orphanage from the annual Thanksgiving drive. Acacia and Piedmont lodges joined, with a delegation visiting Oxford. Additional 1161.84 is given to the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in Greensboro.
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Masons of
High Point
Oxford
North Carolina
Acacia Lodge
Numa F. Reid
Piedmont Lodge
S. E. Tucker
Pat Brown
Name
F. Reid Lodge
R. B. Culler
Glenn Steele
G. C. Howard
George Davis
Mason Brown
Jake Steele
Bob Harrison
Glenn Perry
Lee F. Shaner
Masonic and
Eastern Star
Greensboro
Y W C A Directors Approve Sherrod Property Purchase Plans
Dr L G Harrison president of the High Point Optimist club announced expansion plans including a new one story clubhouse for Junior Optimists. The facility 18 by 40 feet will include meeting space showers toilets a kitchen and a workshop with two softball diamonds and a football field planned nearby. Proceeds from the Optimist Bowl will fund construction and operation with sites in the fourth ward under consideration to aid local youth ages 9 to 18 and adult Optimist use as well.
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L. G. Harrison
High Point Optiist Club
Optimist Club
Harrison
High Point
Exchange Club Board Session Planned at Sheraton Hotel
More than a hundred Exchange Club representatives from across North Carolina gather at the Sheraton today for a two session meeting. W D Inman of Mt Airy presides at 10 30 AM with Grover H Jones addressing the noon lunch. Local host Co L Russell welcomes visitors as board members including J F Daughtry Henry Lane W N Tomlinson H B O Briant and Roland A Grady attend. Agenda covers crippled children programs state committees and editor selection for the North Carolina State Exchange News.
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North Carolina
State Board of Control
J. F. Daughtry
Clinton
Henry Lane
Henderson
W. N. Tomlinson
Greensboro
H. Bk. O'Briant
Roxboro
Roland A. Grady
Wilson
North Carolina State Exchange News
Polio Epidemic Maps Incidence Across High Point In 1948
Nurse educator Mary Louise Hasty prepared a city map showing all polio cases reported to the health department from June 3 to October 28 during this summer's outbreak. A total of 37 cases, including two deaths, spread across all four wards with no strong concentration aside from near the Clara Cox apartments and Ward Prospect streets intersection.
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Health Department
Mary Louise Hasty
High Point
Glenwood Westmoreland
Route 5
Rachel B. White
Brooks Street
Miss Hasty
Clara Cox
Ward
Prospect Streets
Main Street
Black Bear Defeats Hunters in Lake Waccamaw Trip
A party of 14 hunters from High Point and nearby towns sought deer and venison at Lake Waccamaw. John Prim spotted a 260 pound black bear in a cornfield and, after a tense stand, the bear was brought down with buckshot and a slug. The bear weighed well over a quarter ton in total, and the meat was shared among the group.
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W. E. Kiger
John Prim
Trinity
High Point
Lake Waccamaw
Sgt. Kiger
Buck
Prim
Black Bear
Kiger
Martin
W. S. Swain
B. T. Cranton
Triangle Lake
Roy Padgett
Howard Buffkin
Jimmy Nolan
Winston-Salem
Bill Morgan
Jim Patton
I. Lee Eccles
Giles
N. B. Ridge
Frank Stultz
John Page
Martinsville
Martin and
Hood
Lake Wacca
Empty Stocking Fund Receives $100 Donation
The Empty Stocking Fund gained a $100 boost from Betty Lou Tobias employees in memory of Sam Tobias. The campaign targets $5,000 and donations are listed in the High Point Enterprise. Food baskets will be distributed December 22 from 11 a.m. to 3:39 p.m. at the Clara Cox apartment office with local firemen assisting.
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Betty Lou Tobias
Sam Tobias
High Point Enterprise
Clara Cox
City Recruiting Station Brings $17 000 Monthly to High Point
High Point hosts a central Army and Air Forces recruiting station serving 14 North Carolina counties. The operation costs about $17,000 monthly, with nearly all funds circulating through local businesses. The station employs officers, soldiers, and civilian staff, including many High Point natives.
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China
Europe
High Point
Army and Air Forces
North Central
North Carolina
Army
YWCA Plans Expansion After Property Purchase
The YWCA board authorized buying the Sherrod property adjacent to Main Street to allow future gymnasium space. Miss Alice Caldwell said new city rules shrink the usable back lot area, delaying construction until funds and land are secured. A special committee will decide the use of the extra property as plans call for a combined gymnasium auditorium and swimming pool addition.
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Sherrod
Main Street
Alice Caldwell
Caldwell
Board of Trustees
High Point Hospital
C. E. Sheloff
Fred Whitescarver
Effie Cox
Taylor Simpson
C. C. Garrett
Second Annual Radio Council Meet Monday
The High Point Community Radio council holds its second annual meeting tomorrow night at eight in St. Mary’s Parish house. Tom Evans will moderate a round table on radio council work with a long list of participants including Mrs. Matt Wall and Nick Lawrence. A tape recording will be made.
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High Point Community Radio Council
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Tom Evans
Radio Council
Matt Wall
Ed Mendenhall
George Machen
Walter Tice
Billy Sheloft
Brooks Reivel
Past Commanders Of Legion Meet Tuesday
A past commanders dinner is planned for Tuesday at 6 30 PM at the American Legion home. Commander P Lee Smith announced the event with Dr J T Mann serving as master of ceremonies Wiley Pickens first vice commander of the state department in Raleigh will attend and discuss plans for the post officers conference set for February 5 6 7 in High Point.
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American Legion
P. Lee Smith
J. T. Mann
Wiley Pickens
State Department
Raleigh
High Point
Lowlands flood after dykes break and wars abroad
Reports from Europe describe Belgian and Dutch lowlands under water after dyke ruptures amid high seas and storms. Paris dispatch notes pilots delayed by rough seas outside Havre and Bordeaux as ships wait offshore.
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France
Havre
Bordeaux
Omaha
Denver
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