Horror Story Survivor Sharpe Recalls Pyongyang Escape and Return
High Point soldier Pvt. Sharpe recounts a brutal three month ordeal in Korea. He was shot in the arm and leg during a mass execution near Sunchon, survived by hiding beneath fallen comrades, and later received hospital care in Japan before returning to Fort Bragg. He hopes to resume military service and may testify in war crimes trials.
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Seoul
Sharpe
Germany
Pyongyang
Manchuria
Sunchon
Japan
Sha
Fort Bragg
Korea
Pvt
High Point High School
Local Boy Receives Fourth Oak Leaf Cluster in Air Medal
First Lt Daniel L. Burchfield husband of Mrs Ernestine Bulla Burchfield of 719 Chestnut has been awarded his fourth Oak Leaf cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious achievement during aerial combat over Korea. He is a navigator with a bombardment group and has completed 21 missions over Korea. The son of Mr and Mrs Roy Burchfield of 702 Fourth Street he entered service in 1943 and served on Guam and in the European theater during World War II earning the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf clusters.
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Daniel L. Burchfield
Ernestine B. Bulla Burchfield
Chestnut
Korea
Air Force
Burchfield
Roy Burchfield
Fourth Street
Guam
Little Warmer Weather Ahead Forecast
Forecast from the Friendship weather bureau calls for generally fair and continued cold tonight with slightly warmer conditions tomorrow. Tonight’s low is 25, down from last night’s 22, and today’s high near 45. Yesterday’s high was 1.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
Green Street Baptist to Observe Victory Day with Anniversary
Green Street Baptist Church on East Green Street Mangum Avenue marks its 50th anniversary as a Day of Loyalty and Victory. Leaders aim oversubscribe the $93 963 budget to fund local expenses mission program and building fund. With 2261 members and 13 pastorates the church plans large November stewardship drive and extensive absentee outreach through five member committees and special visitation.
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Green Street
East Green Street
Mangum Avenue
J. M. Hilliard
Lane
R. B. Culler
J. B. Phillips
North Carolina
Civitan Club Enjoys Musical Program at Luncheon
William W. Collins, choral director at High Point College, presented a program of Wagner selections, Old English balladry, and modern works before Civitan Club members at the Sheraton hotel luncheon. Collins performed solos and led his quartet of Mary Ella Coffey, Willie Davis, Harry Fetetenor, and Clarence Maxwell. The group will repeat the program for the Rotary club Thursday at noon at the same venue.
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William W. Collins
High Point College
Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Collins
Mary Ella Coffey
Willie Davis
Harry Fetetenor
Clarence Maxwell
Thomasville Stores Extend Hours Tuesday Through Christmas
Local Thomasville shops announced Tuesday opening and extended hours through Christmas. Stores will remain open all day each Tuesday starting yesterday, with more shopping time for residents.
Weather Cuts Crime as Arrests Dip in Local Area
Cold weather brings lower crime activity with only two arrests recorded yesterday and two more this morning. A single theft reported involved a toolbox valued at 200 dollars from a car on College Street. Arrests named Woodrow Ingram and Lidor Jones for speeding and abandonment respectively. additional warrants and larceny charges also noted for Otis Gibson Thomas Hall and Jewell Pierce case.
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Bot McLean
Anderson Street
College
Woodrow Ingram
South Main
Lidor Jones
Cassell Street
Otis Gibson
Hoover Street
Thomas H. Hall
West Russell
Jewell Pierce
Hundley Reaffirms Lead of Thomasville Democrats
Thomasville November 2 George L Hundley said he will continue as chairman of the Thomasville township Democratic executive committee He refused to validate a move by six of seven precinct chairmen who ousted him and appointed Charles H Johnson as acting chairman until the 1952 township convention The chairmanship is the party leadership role and Hundley notes past practice in which general meeting attendees select officers and emphasizes the party plan authorizes precinct chairmen to appoint their officers Three vice chairs complete the township executive committee
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Thomasville
George L. Hundley
Thomasville Township
Hundley
Charles H. Johnson
Ecinct
Democratic Police
HPC Leaders Attend NC Methodist Colleges Meeting in Charlotte
Dr. Dennis H. Cooke president of High Point College L F Ross chairman of the board and Dr E J Coltrane special representative join Bishop Costen J Harrell and cabinet plus presidents of North Carolina Methodist colleges and the Methodist College Foundation board in a Charlotte Selwyn hotel gathering. On December 2 Cooke Hinshaw Coltrane Ross Short and trustees attend a Washington Duke hotel Durham meeting of the same foundation board. About 500 expected.
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Dennis H. Cooke
High Point College
L. F. Ross
E. J. Coltrane
Charlotte
Costen J. Harrell
Methodist
North Carolina
Methodist College Foundation Board
Selwyn Hotel
Cooke
C. R. Hinshaw
Coltrane
Ross
R. A. Short
Washington - Duke Hotel
Durham
Foreigner gifts expected as Christmas arrives worldwide
Railway Express Agency official 8 J Snyder predicts real old fashioned Christmas celebrations in Moscow and Tokyo and towns named Moscow in Idaho Oklahoma Pennsylvania Illinois Arkansas. He notes children await Santa Claus gifts and urges ship early with fragile labels and Do not open before Christmas notices.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Mukden
Warsaw
Tokyo
J. Snyder
Railway Express Agency
Idaho
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Arkansas
Santa Claus
Snyder
All Express
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
Cuba
Central
South America
Township executive committee expands to 14 members
Hundley clarified that Davidson county manager selection involved not only the Thomasville township officers but all Democrats at a November meeting. The November 17 recommendation for Jay Howard was sent to newly elected county commissioners who later named him manager amid questions of notice and representation.
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Howard
Hundley
Handley
Underwriters Meet Friday in High Point
E L Leonard first vice president NC Association of Life Underwriters will speak to the High Point association at its December meeting in the Borden Gold Room at 12 30. He works with New York Life Insurance in Winston Salem and is a Million Dollar Round Table member. He has 10 years in life insurance and is an authority on business life insurance. He is past president of the Winston Salem daycees and active in civic and church work.
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E. L. Leonard
North Carolina Association of Life Underwriters
High Point Association
Borden Gold Room
Leonard
New York Life Insurance Company
Winston-Salem
Million Dollar Round Table
Winston-Salem Diaycees
Two Hearings On Zoning Advertised in Thomasville
Thomasville officials announce two public hearings on a proposed zoning ordinance change. The zoning board will meet December 4 and the city council December 7 to hear C. M. Wall and Sons amid a stockpile dispute in south Thomasville. The council previously deadlocked on the change.
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Thomasville
Zoning Board
C. M. Wall and Sons
High Point Plans Unheld January Graduation for 38 Seniors
Thirty eight seniors from High Point college will finish in January. no January graduation will be held for the first time. Dr. C R Hinshaw says the senior class requested the hiatus, and faculty approved. Names include Ernest Allen Jr Beulah Anderson Paul Cal Herbert Chilton Joanne Comer Anita Cornelison Carson Cox Jr Joseph Dale Jr Mary DeVane Charles Dozier William Dyar John Evans Ida Foust Betty Gates Wesley Gilley Hugh Gordon Emmett Hiatt James Hill Powell Jones Lawrence Langley Glenn Leach Sarah Myers Mary Mickey Mildred Parrish William Queen Fred Rogers Kyle Smith William Sowers Jesse Steele John Surrett all from High Point or nearby towns.
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High Point College
High Point
C. R. Hinshaw
Ernest David Allen, Jr
Star
Beulah Lee Anderson
Kenne
Fayetteville
Charles Grayson Dozier
William Heller Dyar
John Albert Evans
Ida Tate Foust
Ramseur
Betty Shields Gates
Louis Wesley Gilley
Leaksville
Hugh Clifton Gordon
Glenn W. Leach
Trinity
Sarah Ruth Myers
Union Grove
Mary Waggoner Mickey
Mildred Louise Parrish
Stem
William D. Queen
Winston-Salem
Fred Wilton Rogers
Clarkton
Kyle Hunter Smith
Pilot Mountain
William Laddie Sowers
Lexington
Jesse Darrell Steele
John Edward Surrett
Salvation Army Organizing Regional Sports Tournaments
The Salvation Army Men's Fellowship clubs in the Carolinas plan sectional and divisional tournaments in volleyball ping pong horseshoes and checkers. Play-offs begin at the corps level in January with sectional play by February 15 and state finals by February 28. Captain Olvey Shepard heads the sectional committee. Greensboro Reidsville Burlington High Point Raleigh Fayetteville Henderson and Durham are in the section.
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Salvation Army
Carolinas
Olvey Shepard
Greensboro
Reidsville
Burlington
High Point
Raleigh
Fayeville
Henderson
Durham
Move to Find Court Space Faces Slow Action
Clerk M W Nash offered two plans to city council to obtain courtroom space. One would enlarge the County building or add a wing on a joint city county basis. The second would convert Elm Street School after summer to serve as a courtroom and library. Council, pressing hours and night sessions, did not act this week, deferring to county commissioners on enlargement.
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Municipal Court
M. W. Nash
South Main
West Green
Elm Street
Chestnut Street
Elm Stree
Civil Service
Nash
Hasty high school to stage play A Case of Springtime
The Hasty high school junior class will present A Case of Springtime a three act comedy on Thursday November 30 at 730 p m at the school. Public invitation extended.
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Hasty School
Hasty ‘High School
Two Arrests For Drunken Driving Highlight Court Session
An eight month sentence for drunken driving was imposed after a state patrolman tied the defendant to a prior offense. George Carter, 28, of 811 Tryon, also received a four month term for driving after revocation. Other defendants faced fines and suspended terms as the court postponed additional hearings and heard related charges.
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D. C MacRae
George Carter
Tryon
Dave Mount
Carter
Thomasville
Cree
Mount
MacRae
Johnson
William A. Presnell
South Main
Roland W. Tolson
Kivett
Woodrow Reddick
Forrest T. Shaffner
Boro
Mary Pemberton
Harrison
Samuel R. Gray
Olga
Ee Shaffner
Sus
Lucinda Hart
East Washington
Tracy Williams
South Hamilton
Archie C. McGill
Ward
Four Bands Prepare for High Point Christmas Parade
Four marching bands from High Point High School High Point College William Penn High and Jamestown High will perform at 6 30 p m on College English Washington and High streets then escort Santa Claus who travels from Shirley avenue to Russell street on a fire truck. Santa will distribute toy balloons and candy as Boy Scouts assist. Local stores stay open with holiday decorations to draw crowds.
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Santa Claus
High Point
Merchants Association
Santa
High Point High School
High Point College
William Penn High
Jamestown
College
English
Washington
High Streets
Shirley Avenue
North Main
Russell Street
Boy Scouts
North Carolina superintendents arrive for state meeting
About 150 top North Carolina educators began arriving for a three day meeting of the city and county school superintendents division of the North Carolina Education association. A banquet at the Sheraton hotel tonight will feature remarks by Dr Clyde Erwin and Dr Shirley Cooper. Sessions and forums follow at the school administration building on English street.
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North Carolina
North Carolina Education Association
Sheraton Hotel
Clyde Erwin
Shirley Cooper
American Association of School Administrators
English Street
Attorney Surrenders in Hit-and-Run Death Case
J Don Lanier 58 prominent Greenville attorney and former legislator surrendered in Kinston on hit-and-run charges for a fatal weekend crash at Graingers that killed Willie Henry Tripp 62. He posted bond awaiting Friday recorder's court hearing.
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Kinston
J. Don Lanier
Greenville
Graingers
Willie Henry Tripp
Recorder’s Court
Frilay
Davis Tax Case Is Argued In High Court
The State Supreme Court heard arguments on an appeal by Arline McBride Davis of High Point against a tax liability of 47,274.29 claimed by the Department of Revenue for alleged illegal liquor sales. She seeks a restraining order to stop property sale. The court also heard appeals in two cases against F. D. Smith over 632,162.23 claimed in taxes, penalties, and interest for 1943 to 1947.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
State Department of Revenue
Arline McBride Davis
High Point
Revenue Department
F. D. (Crip) Smith
Smith
Harrison and Blaylock to Stand Trial in December
Dr N M Harrison of High Point and O R Blaylock of Asheboro face tax evasion counts in the Middle District Court term opening December 4 United States at Bryce Holt announces. Harrison a Methodist minister and ex vice president of High Point College. they allegedly underreported Seward Cotton Mills income and their personal earnings for 1943 1946.
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N. M. Harrison
High Point
O. R. Blaylock
Asheboro
Middle District Court
United States
Bryce R. Holt
Harrison
High Point College
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Robert Sharpe
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Allen B. Sikes
High Point Enterprise
Frank Jones
Wilbur Alexander
Sikes
C. W. Patterson, Jr
Gilbert Southern
Walter Church
Sturgis May
Byron Baldridge
John Bouldin
Jack Smith
Executive Committee
HPC
Jay Howard
Davidson County
Demon Township
Superior Court
City News Briefs
Charles C. Whitaker
Anna Mae Jones
Elkin
Elgie T. Stamey
Helen Marie Bacon
A. B. Gardner
C. A. Byrd
Lia Hodgin
Rufus H. Hodgin, Jr
W. A. Davis Milling Co
Pilot Milling Co
Merch Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
S. N. Sorrell
Helen Dunkelberger
The
Carolina Motor Club
Florida
Sunshine State
Davis
Blaylock
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