Resident Of Durham Dies Suddenly
A Durham woman identified as Christine Ward died of a heart attack early this morning after collapsing on her way to work. She had been staying at 1246% S Main Street in High Point and was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital. Coroner W H Harvey ruled death due to heart attack with no foul play.
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Durham
Memorial Hospital
Christine Ward
S. Main Street
High Point
Hamilton
Davis Streets
Harold Roach
Bill Roach
Effie Roach
H. Ne Brockman
W. W. Harvey
Workshop To Hold Meeting Tonight For Arts Group
The Arts and Crafts Workshop holds a second meeting tonight at 7:30 at the Junior High School. Enrollment remains open for leather craft and the Little Theater eight week session. Mrs James Warren says help is needed especially backstage workers in scenery publicity makeup and lighting to keep the Little Theater movement alive in High Point.
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Arts and Crafts Workshop
Little Theater
Little Theater Workshop
James Warren
High Point
Skunk Reunited With Lincoln Man After Odd Escape
Lincoln police recovered a missing pet skunk belonging to W. A. Jackman. The animal, recognizable by a red harness, was found safe after an apparent escape from home.
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Skunk
Lincoln
Neb
W. A. Jackman
Eleven New Marshals Installed at HPC Assembly
Eleven new marshals were installed to replace a previous term end at Pe kanow Den of In serecaiga. Douglas Fame retired as chief marshal and Rob ert Barrett became chief marshal. New marshals include Jo Ann Frazier Ruth Madison Dorothy Stone Spruce Pine Willie Davis Durham Robert Barrett Conway David Allman Gerald Winfrey William Bigham. The post requires all-around ability public service and presence at major college events.
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Peakanow
Den
Inserecaiga
Douglas Fame
Martial
Robert Barrett
Jo Ann Frazier
Hi High Point
Ruth Madison
Dorothy Stone
San Ann
Corrigan Dies After Long Illness in High Point Hospital
John James Corrigan died this morning around six o'clock in a local hospital after an illness of more than three years. He was born February 17 1895 in Toronto Ontario Canada and served as Sgt Major in the Royal Canadian Gadroons 1914 19. He lived in High Point since 1927 and held posts at Slane Hosiery Mills Rotary Club and North Carolina Bank and Trust Company. He is survived by two sons William McRae Corrigan and James Alexander Corrigan and a sister Mrs William Park. The body is at Sechrest Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete.
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John James Corrigan
Mr. Corrigan
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Wiliam
Sarah Armstrong Corrigan
Charlotte McRae Corrigan
Vancouver
B. C
Royal
Air Force Offers Direct Commissions to Women Graduates
The Air Force announces direct commissions for college graduate women to address officer shortages. Local applicants may be processed at the recruiting office with a 30 day decision window. An interview team will visit High Point to assess candidates and transportation to Fort Bragg for the physical test is provided.
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Air Force
Richard
High Point
Fort Bragg
Burpo
Billy Graham Draws 7000 For Greensboro Sermon
Rev. Billy Graham addressed about 7000 at the Greensboro tabernacle warning that Christians will vote as a bloc for the right presidential candidate. He urged Americans to judge candidates by moral and spiritual standards and urged reform in the nation.
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Greensboro
Billy Graham
America
Fai On Tabernacle
Nator Robert Taft
Poe
Hell
Christ
Billy
Ckens
Iove
Saad
Civitan Club Hosts Two Speakers at Sheraton Meeting
Civitan Club in High Point heard Dr. Kenneth Goodson and R. Lee Johnston share views at a Sheraton Hotel session. Johnston praised the High Point YMCA facilities and invited members to visit. A brief business session led to a fundraising vote. John Best rejoined after nine months of Korea service.
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Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Kenneth Goodson
First Methodist Church
R. Lee Johnston
High Point Ymca
Johnston
High Point
Ele
YMCA
Jim Paroneene
Ject
Saktees Treasury
John Best
Ceeks
Korea
Flim Flam Artist Sought After $1 Bill Hoax
A man described as a flim flam artist who took a victim’s dollar bills left a phone number as his own and fled as police pursue him. A local resident reported loss after an encounter referencing a tire repair promise. Police searches continue.
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Flim
Mildred Brown
Montheu Avenue
Icery
Centennial
East Lexingaay Se Une
FSB Head Talks Before AB Members
John Starr executive secretary of the High Point Family Service Bureau addressed a meeting of the American Business in Starr. He is a University of North Carolina graduate with ties to Western Me can and presented on the bureau’s community purpose to the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Starr
High Point Family Service Bureau
Starr
University of North Carolina
Larceny Charge Put Against Colored Lad
An 11 year old colored boy was booked for larceny of money from a patient at Memorial Hospital. Police say Samuel A Blanken ship of 160643 West Street took $10 from a wallet belonging to a male patient awaiting an operation. Stone money was taken Sunday.
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Memorial Hospital
Samuel A. Blankenship
West Street
Safe cracking at Midway Drive-In Theater
Safecrackers, possibly professionals, pried open a safe at the Midway Drive-In Theater last night. They dragged the safe to the screen tower, escaped via the rear door, and left on the highway. Paul Bryant, the theater manager, said little money is kept in the safe. Sheriff Arnold Craven and Sergeant Art Roonce of Thomasville investigated, checking for fingerprints.
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Midway Drive-In
Paul Bryant
Arnold Craven
Art Roonce
Thomasville
Bryant
Craven
Mebane Joins New York Textile News Firm
John Mebane, ex editorial staffer for The High Point Enterprise, resigns from the Atlanta Journal associate post to work with Dudley Dan and Yutzy in New York. He will cover textile news for the textile information service in Georgia and Alabama, succeeding Ed Callaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mebane
High Point Enterprise
The
Atlanta Journal
Dudley Dan and
Yutzy
New York
Ed Callaway
Textile Information Service
Georgia
Alabama
Dietician Emma Nanney Injured In Mills Home Fall
Miss Emma Nanney Mills Home dietician suffers a fractured hip after a Monday fall in a Mills Home orphanage kitchen. She is hospitalized at City Memorial hospital for treatment and recovery.
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Thomasville
Emma Nanney
Mills Home
City Memorial Hospital
Mills
Draft Board To Close Monday For Draft Officials Meeting
Local Draft Board No. 42 will be closed all day Monday to allow its members to attend an im meeting of Selective Service officials in Greensboro. Clerk Ethel Kirkman says Mrs. Marsbell Stutts will join other district personnel to hear a discussion of new draft laws recently passed by Congress.
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Draft Board No. 42
Selective Service
Greensboro
Ethel Kirkman
Route 3 Man Faces Driving Drunk Charge
THOMASVILLE Walter Dolan jailed after police stopped him on Fisher Ferry Street and lodged a charge of driving drunk. He failed to arrange, and last night, and remained in jail.
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Thomasville
Walter Dolan
Eee Elestery
Fisher Ferry Street
Marriage Licenses Recorded for Jones and Howe Couples
Robert Lee Jones and Claie Mae Jones of Rural Hall along with Sam and Juanita Howe s of High nt secured marriage licenses. The notice lists the couples’ names and hometowns as recorded in the civil status records.
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Robert Lee Jones
Claie Mae Jones
Rural Hall
Sam and
Juanita Howes
High Nt
Weight Problems Drive Half of Waves WAC WAF Rejections
Springfield report cites local recruiting officers saying about half of all navy Waves WAC and WAF rejections stem from applicants being overweight or underweight.
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Springfield
Mass
WAC
WAF
Budgeting process of High Point Community Chest
W E Mitchell explains the August session where the seven member Budget Committee reviews Red Feather agency requests totaling the Chest goal of 131760. The article details line budgets, program costs, overhead, and how priorities and non-duplication with tax supported services guide final allocations.
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W. E. Mitchell
Community Chest
Red Feather
High Point
Chest
Department of Welfare
Health Department
Continued fair weather and steady temperatures forecast
The forecast calls for fair weather with little temperature change today and tonight. The expected highs are around 74 degrees, with a low near 53 last night and a drop to about 4 degrees this evening, according to the Weather Bureau.
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Weather Bureau
Mews Fellowship Club to Meet at Jamestown Methodists
Community notice lists a 7:00 p.m. meeting for the Mews Fellowship Club of Jamestown Methodists with supper by club members and all men of the community invited. Civil action noted between Maxine A Willara and Beneke Corp with Claude Lee Blankenship for 400 dollars in collision damages. Building permit for M H Skull 5500 dollar dwelling at 54 E Farriss Avenue. Grass fire reported at 2:32 p.m. on railroad bank at the corner of Wrenn and East Broad Streets.
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Mews Fellowship Club
Jamestown Methodists
Reh
Maxine A. Willara
Beneke Corp
Claude Lee Blankenship
Wrenn and
East Broad Streets
Endeavor Union Meeting Tomorrow Plans Group Singing
The Endeavor Union will hold a meeting tomorrow with Darrell Hayden leading the program and Arnold Jester addressing the topic Religious Persecution. Slides from the State Planning Conference held on the 4th at Ocean Drive are to be shown.
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The
Point Christian Endeavor Union
Darrell Hayden
Arnold Jester
Ocean Drive
POSA Enjoys Stew Supper at Webster Home
POSA members held an informal chicken stew supper at D L Webster's home drawing 36 attendees. Arnold J Koonce delivered the principal address. Local POSA members will meet tomorrow with the Piedmont District hosting the Thomasville camp starting at 7 30 p m.
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cPmeg Omy
D. L. Webster
Arnold J. Koonce
Neipal
POSA
Piedmont
Thomassville
Lynn Knight Bound Over In Check Case
Lynn Knight 28 of 400 Broad Street was bound over to Superior Court after waiving a preliminary hearing on a forgery charge. Police arrested him yesterday for allegedly forging a name to a code presented to Lewis.
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Lynn Knight
Broad Street
Superior Court
Lewis
Indictments and fines after fray near Steele's Diner
Four youths including Branham Collins and Lane faced assault counts from a Saturday disturbance near Steele's Diner. Sentences included suspended terms of 12 months, partial costs, and Dockery medical bills of 15 dollars. Other defendants faced assorted assault, drunk driving, and license charges with various costs and suspensions.
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Steele
Aon
Architt
William C. Squartet
Am C. Lane
James M
Billy G. Branham
Junior Collins
Lage H. Steele
Dock
Curb
Willie Gibson
Dockery
Y Branham
Branham
Gibson
Collins
Junior Smith
Dante Brooks
Robert Miller
Loflin
Jack B. Burris, Sr
James Mullis
West
Secon
Jermes Wood
Sieikert Seater
West Green
Ees
oAtele Hill
Harold C. Bennett, Jr
Woodbrook
James 1S Leeper
Belmont
R. Pear Leen Xington
Larry P. Williams
James A
James G. Luck
Johnny Henrad
John E. Ebosecutt
B. C. Nooe
Walter Beeson
Richard H. Barker
Examiners Attend Raleigh State Fair Prompt Closure
Driver license examining offices in Raleigh and Thomasville will close all day tomorrow to allow examiners to attend the state fair in Raleigh. Examiners across the region are expected to take the one day holiday, with offices set to reopen Friday.
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Thomasville
Raleigh
Local Draft Board Sends Eight Men to Ft Bragg
Local Draft Board No. 42 sent eight men to Fort Bragg for induction. The inductees are Murray Meadow White Jr, Ernest James Waden, George Leon Green, Robert Hancock Ellis, Rossie Lee Gilmer, Creft Morris, Benjamin Franklin McBride, and Jack Benson Pierce. Morris and McBride volunteered. Two additional calls from State Selective Service headquarters are for November: a pre induction call for 20 men on November 1 and a call for 10 men to be inducted on November 29.
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Fort Bragg
Armed Forces
Ethel Kirkman
Murray Meadow White, Jr
Ernest James Waden
George Leon Green
Robert Hancock Ellis
Rossie Lee Gilmer
Creft Morris
Benjamin Franklin McBride
Jack Benson Pierce
Morris
McBride
Kirkman
State Selective Service Headquarters
Cummings to Head Central North Carolina Chemists
Dr. E O Cummings head of High Point College Chemistry will lead the Central North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society for 1952 53 The meeting at Salem College Winston Salem marks its first gathering in the new science building and notes his WWII research work at Marietta Paint and Color Company and current role with High Point Paint and Color Company.
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E. O. Cummings
High Point College
Central North Carolina
American Chemical Society
Salem College
Winston- Salem
Cummings
Marietta Paint and Color Company
High Paint Paint and Color Company
Dr. Cummings
High Point Oe
University of North Carolina
Oer Institute of Tech
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Police Department
C. C. Stoker
G. T. Leverett
Wesley Place
T J. D. Wade
Burnett Mason
Long Street
A. M. Walker
G. W. Allred
Leverett
H. F. Richardson
HPC Assembly
J. J. Corrigan
Civitans
High Point Community Chest
Drewing
John Bouldin
I Ca
FSB
Mebane
New York City
Dietician
M. H. Skull
E. Farriss Avenue
Endeavor Union
Lynn
Ft. Bragg
E.O. Cummings
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