Lois Welborn completes 25 years with High Point City
Lois Welborn marks a quarter century of service, the first local resident to reach 25 years in city employment. Known as Miss Lois, she has held roles from secretary to city manager to current duties as city clerk and purchasing agent while the city grew from a small hall to a sprawling municipal complex.
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Lois Welborn
High Point
Ciass
Ars
Lois
Miss Lois
Kethur Lyon
P. P. Pilcher
Busi
Hood
Thomas J. Murphy
Kickoff Meeting Opens United War Chest Campaign
The meeting will be held at 8 tonight in the Sheraton hotel ballroom with former Gov Clyde Hoey as speaker and Robert Hanes introducing him. Amos R. Kearns will preside, and officials stress it is not a dinner and funds will not be used for worker meals. Several textile and hosiery firms report 90–100 percent quota progress including Pickett Cotton Mills, Sherrod Shirt Co, Heritage Furniture, and Carolina Veneer, with others over the top or near it.
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United War Chest Campaign
Sheraton
Clyde
Robert Hanes
National War Fund
Hoey
Amos R. Kearns
War Chest
Pickett Cotton Mills
Sherrod Shirt Company
Heritage Furniture Com
Wooden and Furniture
Carolina Veneer Company
Hayworth Roof and Panel Company
Story Company
United War Chest
Point
W. A. Sherrod
Sherrod
Carolina Container Company
Carolina
Metal Stamping Works
Logan Porter Mirror Upany
Peerless Flooring Company
McEwen Lumber Company
Alma Desk Company
Fli-Back and Lockiet Company
Globe Parlor Company
And
Lilly Company
Gurley Resigns Police. Grissett Rejoins Force
V L Gurley resigns from the High Point police to join Paul Charping in a service station venture. Charping also resigns effective October 15. George Grissett, former jailer, rejoined as patrolman. The article notes 1818 abaca imports and Philippine exports.
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V. L. Gurley
High Point Police Department
Paul Charping
Gurley
W. G. Friddle
George Grissett
Transformation of City Health Department under Acting Manager
The article recalls Miss Lois who, since becoming acting city manager, led a major reform in the city health department shifting from a curative to preventive model. It notes historical pay scales for firemen and police and her own $60 salary plus liberty bonds, plus her roles in the High Point municipal credit union and Altrusa Club and memberships in DAR UDC and Wesley Memorial Church.
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City Health Department
Knox
Miss Lois
Lois
High Point Municipal Credit Union
Altrusa Club
DAR
UDC
Wesley Memorial Church
Lincoln Clark Expelled From High Point Town Limits
Abraham Lincoln Clark a 62 year old white man living on Willowbrook Street was ordered by Judge D C MacRae to leave High Point by noon under a suspended sentence after his wife Mrs Clark offered to pay court costs and a fine. Mrs Clark testified and delivered a religious remark from the stand before the judge interrupted the proceedings.
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Abraham Lincoln Clark
Willowbrook Street
High Point
Clark
M. W. Nash
Gas Tickets Stolen From Spur Station Last Night
Police pursue suspects after burglars stole more than 200 gas ration tickets from the Spur station last night. The haul included 108 T tickets 50 B tickets and 2 B tickets. A floor lockbox was tampered with but not opened. Report filed by G B Yancey.
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Spur
G. B. Yancey
One Invitation All He Needed At Elwood Hotel Brawl
John Jordan an employee at carnival shows and T. Luttrall were hauled into court on an affray charge after a dispute at the Elwood Hotel. Luttrall, described as a top wrestler, said Jordan invited him to step from an elevator into the hall after a heated exchange. Both defendants were taxed with one half the costs.
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John Jordan
American Legion
Elwood Hotel
Jordan
Cowboy
Luttrall
Lattrall
D. C. MacRae
P. S
Tom Richardson Rites Held At Springfield
Thomas Phillip Richardson 51 a Minnesota Mining salesman died in a local hospital after a brief illness He was born October 4 1892 in Guilford county He served in World War I and belonged to the American Legion Surviving are his widow his mother two brothers two sisters and other relatives Funeral services were held at Springfield Church with burial in Springfield cemetery
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Thomas Phillip Richardson
Tom” Richardson
Guilford County
William R
Dora English Blair Richardson
Madge Richardson
Elkin
Minnesota Mining Company
Springfield Friends Church
American Legion
Dora E. Richardson
John W
Blair Richardson
C. B. Mattocks
High Point
Chester Haworth
Mattocks
Route Three
Springfield Church
Harold Hadley
Perry Hadley
Tom A. Sykes
Springfield Cemetery
Western North Carolina Methodist conference gathers in Statesville
The Western North Carolina conference will convene in Statesville for its annual session tomorrow morning. The High Point district pastors depart today to register and be assigned at home there this afternoon. Superintendent Dr. S. W. Taylor says the district had an exceptional year with 35 charges and 103 churches at start, now 37 charges and 104 churches with one new charge added.
John Capps Sentenced For Larceny in High Point Court
John Capps of 901 Redding Street was sentenced to four months on county roads for larceny in High Point Municipal Court before J D C Mac. Other cases include Mrs A H Whitley’s judgment under trespass conditions, the Barriers charged with fornication and adultery while married, Grady Floyd and Lester Nelson taxed with gambling costs with Nelson appealing, a gambling house operating charge dismissed, and James E Kiser fined 75 dollars plus costs for DUI and ordered 12 months automobile prohibition.
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John Capps
Redding Street
High Point
D. C. Mac
A. H. Whitley
Grady Floyd
Lester Nelson
Davis Street
Nelson
James E. Kiser
Asheboro Street
Annual Boy Scout Meet Is Set For October 26
The High Point district of the Boy Scouts of America will hold its first annual meeting Tuesday October 26 at 7 30 p m in the Memorial Methodist Church basement. All registered Scouters from High Point Archdale and Jamestown are urged to attend. Trophies will be awarded to troops with 100 percent representation. Charles W Perry district chairman attends will include Scout masters assistant Scout masters full church troop committees neighborhood commissioners preachers and others.
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High Point
Boy Scouts of America
Memorial Methodist Church
Archdale
Jamestown
Charles W. Perry
Perry
Divorce Filed in Williams Case
A suit for divorce was filed in the morning by R. W. Williams against Servella Williams on the grounds of two years separation.
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High Point Municipal Court
R. W. Williams
Servella Williams
Union Hill P T A Meeting Plans Halloween Program
Union Hill P T A will meet tonight at 7 30 at the Union Hill school. Pupils from the second and third grades will take part in a Halloween program. A nylon synthetic rope, stronger than manila or sisal, is used as climbing rope by U S naval troops.
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Union Hill P.T. A
Union Hill
Manila
U.S
Nanaiile
Growth of New Church and District Totals Noted in Year
The R O Lind say Memorial in High Point organized in August with 28 members, now 71 in worship and about 100 in the church school. District statistics show gains mainly from profession of faith and transfers, distributions to funds and institutions, with several churches and a pipe organ dedicated by Bishop Saree.
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R.O. Lindsay
Brevard College
Greensbor College
A A Saree
Municipal Court Clerk Reads Off Own Rhyme
Watch Out Municipal Court Clerk M. W. Nash, bored with old verse, delivers his own version when a delinquent fails to appear. He repeats the name then warns, Come do, or the police will come after you.
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M. W. Nash
Nash
Escaped Convict Recaptured Here
State prison officers captured Howard Ray 29 at his mother's Gurley street home after local police nabbed him yesterday afternoon. Ray had escaped from an Orange county prison road gang months ago while serving four months of a three year sentence for larceny of an automobile and was sentenced in Guilford county superior court. Ray is also wanted in Georgia.
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Howard Ray
Gurley Street
Ray
Orange County
Guilford County
Georgia
Escapee Narrows Time to Serve Four to Seven Year Term
Police surrounded a Savannah home yesterday afternoon after learning Ray was there. He had escaped from prison after four years and faced a four to seven year term on the same charge. He offered no resistance when taken into custody.
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Savannah
Ray
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