City planner Joe Brown tours civic groups in High Point
Malcolm Little, city planner and popular figure at City Hall, nears completing talks to men’s civic clubs and now addresses women’s organizations. He aims to outline planning needs and gathers suggestions to fix gaps. He notes varied outreach requires different approaches, with the women’s group talks likely the toughest. A humor note follows about fire prevention slogans and a visiting minister needing a recommendation letter.
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Malcolm Little
City Hall
Little
Study shows declines in population by city wards
Census 1950 totals for High Point reveal only about 1 500 population growth over ten years, far below hoped for 12 000. Malcolm Little’s ward by ward chart shows Ward 3 suffered the largest loss while Ward 2 added residents near East Lexington, and Ward 1 and 4 saw mixed gains with unit increases in many areas.
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High Point
Malcolm Little
Little
Main Street
Emery,wood
English, Chestnut and
Phillips Streets
Hillcrest Manor
Farriss Avenue
Main
Lindsay Streets
Lexington Avenue
Highland Avenue
Schools Close On Thursday In High Point North Carolina
All white schools in High Point will close at noon next Thursday October 12 to permit members of the instructional staffs to attend the annual meeting of the Northwestern District of the North Carolina Education Association in Greensboro. Cafeterias will not serve lunches next Thursday.
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High Point
North Carolina Education Association
Greensboro
Registration System to Be On Display in Greensboro
Guilford county opens an open house at the elections office in Greensboro to reveal the new loose-leaf registration system with permanent files. High Point led the way by adopting the revamped method, and Guilford county now showcases its improved process as the only county in the state with this system.
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County Elections Office
Greensboro
County Elections Board
High Point
City Elections Board
Robert Martin
Guilford County
Donald Huber Enters Duke University Medical School
Donald Huber, son of Mr and Mrs W C Huber of High Point, joins 75 other new medical students at Duke University for four years of study in the University School of Medicine. The class includes students from 21 states, about half from the South, and heard a welcome address by Dean W C Davison before tours of the hospital and facilities.
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Donald Huber
W. C. Huber
Forrest Avenue
High Point
Duke University
University School of Medicine
W. C. Davison
Ravaging Communist Advance Reported in Kiangsi Crisis
A 1930 field dispatch notes Communist forces about 1 000 strong advancing through Southern Kiangsi with 40 000 Reds reported in Kinnard and nearby towns. British missionaries active in the area. Americans not believed present. Red activity linked to earlier looting of Changsha and near Nachang. Meanwhile Hoover commission convenes on prohibition as Earnshaw leads the Athletics to a 7 1 victory over the Cardinals in game seven.
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Kiangsi
China
Kinn Ard
Kiang
South
Nachang
Hu‘nan
Red
Changsha
Hunan
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
George Earnshaw
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals
Athletics
Reds Batter Chinese Province in World Series Rout
The Reds unleashed a powerful batting attack against Hallahan and his successors Sylvester Johnson and Jim Lindsey, delivering the most sustained offense of the World Series. Senate campaign officials announce Raleigh hearings next week on North Carolina election irregularities, including a claim of 40 000 illegal ballots in the recent primary and 1 700 absentee votes in one county, with 40 or 50 for Senator Simmons. A crowd at High Point Station hoped to hear from President Hoover on his return from Kings Mountain, but the train stopped briefly and he did not speak.
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Wild Bill Hallahan
Sylvester Johnson
Jim Lindsey
Senate Campaign Committee
Raleigh
North Carolina
Patterson
Rmo
Sena
Tor Simmons
Josiah W. Bailey
Hoover
High Point
Washington
Kings Mountain
Milton Ray Lee Heads Back To Tampa For Treatment
Milton Ray Lee, weighing 45 pounds and previously near death, is returning with his mother to Tampa for more leukemia treatments after a local appeal by WHPE radio and generous High Point donations funded the trip. The family smiles at the boy's six pound gain and renewed hope as he travels to Florida for ongoing transfusions and injections.
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R. O. Lee
Milton Ray
High Point
Tampa
Florida
Enterprise
Nick Lawrence
WHPE
Milton Lee
Tampa Hospital
Milton
Lee
Nick
Eastern Airlines
Arts and Crafts Chorus to Be Directed by Wilson
Dr. Joseph Wilson new head of High Point college music department directs the Workshop chorus. The third season opens next Thursday with registration at the Junior high school. The group will perform in a Christmas program around December 7 as part of Workshop activities during Yale season. Wilson succeeds Carl Cronstedt as director and plans varied music including folk and light pieces to engage all singers, even novices.
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Joseph Wilson
High Point College
Wilson
Yale
Carl Cronstedt
City Schools
Columbia University
Columbia
New York
Riverside Symphony Orchestra
Cronstedt
Freedom Crusade Launched in High Point to aid Berlin bell
A Freedom Crusade launch drew public signatures for a scroll to be enshrined in a Berlin Freedom Bell. Bob Hicks led local efforts with church groups and displays at Kress store NHS Samuel Hyman's Silver Center theater and other sites. A WHPE radio broadcast on Monday promotes donations to Radio Free Europe as part of a U.N Day dedication on October 25 in the American zone.
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High Point
Berlin
Bob Hicks
Kress Store
Samuel Hyman
NHS
Center Theater
WHPE
Crusade For Freedom
Radio Free Europe
Europe
Lucius Clay
United Nations
Thomasville
Chamber of Commerce
Rattlesnakes Prove Trouble To Local Man
Richard Hawker of 113 West Green street captured two rattlesnakes near Badin. He refused a $50 offer to sell them and tried to fatten them, but they refused to eat and grew temperamental. A carnival man bought them for $12 for his show.
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Richard Hawker
West Green Street
Badin
Hawker
High Point
Enterprise
Tropical Fish Fad Spreads in High Point Homes
The Enterprise reports a growing tropical fish craze in High Point led by hobbyist Mrs Frances Nelson. About 50 to 75 residents own tanks, with numbers expected to rise as tanks, gouramis, tetras, mollies, and other species captivate collectors. The piece covers tank setup, feeding, scavengers, air pumps, and egg laying versus live bearing.
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Joe Brown
Frances Nelson
Equatorial
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Freedom Crusade
Acqarium
H. J. Calclasure, Jr
Edgeworth Apartments
Dip
Ping
Ted Hodge
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