Three To Five Years Suspended Sentenced For Miss DuBose
Miss Lucille DuBose a 54 year old Thomasville schoolteacher pleaded nolo contendere to hit and run manslaughter and received a three to five year suspended sentence. She was ordered to pay $3100 to the estates of Mrs Mary Belle Pierce and Mrs Tom Leach plus travel costs and court fees. The incident occurred December 21 and left Pierce dead and Leach seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille, DuBose
Thomasville
L. G. Myers
T. J. Gold
Miss DuBose
Mary Belle Pierce
Tom Leach
F. Donald Phillips
Rockingham
Richard W. Flach
FBI
Washington, D. C
B. W. Jenkins
Flach
Jenkins
DuBose
English Street
Pierce
Leach
Nurses Cast Ballots as North Carolina Association Elects Officials
Delegates to the North Carolina State Nurses association voted today for general officers as results awaited this afternoon. Officers for the North Carolina League of Nursing Education were named including Vice President Hildred Harrison and Secretary Dorothy Smith with Dr. Florence Wilson as president for a two year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina State Nurses Association
North Carolina League of Nursing Education
Association
Hildred Harrison
Winston-Salem
Dorothy Smith
Durham
Ruth F. Bunker
Oteen
Florence Wilson
Duke University School of Nursing
Louise Croom
Sanford
Louise McDaniel
Salisbury
Annie Robinson
Concord
Agnes Campbell
Statesville
Mae Duncan
Esther Thorne
Raleigh
Thelma Costin Bea
Wilmington
Doris Flowers
Goldsboro
Bessie Robinson
Charlotte
Venus Faircloth
Dorothy Ayers
Fannie Dean
Greensboro
Agnes Kellam
Burlington
Ruth Douthit
Mildred Lee
Rocky Mount
J H Beard 60 Dies Driving Auto in Lenoir
J H Beard 60 a noted furniture manufacturer died of a heart attack while driving his car in Lenoir yesterday. The vehicle stopped in a vacant lot against Mayor Earl H Tate's car. Beard was vice president and general manager of Caldwell Furniture Co and had 41 years in the furniture business. He was born in Statesville. Survived by widow and son John R Beard superintendent of the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir
J. H. Beard
Earl H. Tate
Beard
Caldwell Furniture Company
Statesville
John R. Beard
High Pointers Meet Of Quaker Group In Greensboro
The Southeastern regional AFSC annual meeting will be held Saturday at 2 30 p m at Asheboro Street Friends meeting Greensboro Reports include overseas work review of American Russian relations and appraisal by Dr Algie Newlin of Guilford College Volunteers work in Mexico discussed by Mrs Blanche Raiford of Bennett College Public invited to attend Advisory group members listed officials from Guilford College and area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Friends Service Committee
Asheboro Street
Algie Newlin
Guilford College
Newlin
Geneva
Blanche Raiford
Bennett College
Summer Service College
Mexico
AFSC
Robert Barrus
Chapel Hill
B. Tartt Bell
Frazier
Service Committee
Clyde Milner
Edwin Brown
Murfreesboro
Ludy Casey
Goldsboro
Mark Depp
Winston - Salem
Robert Frazier
Greensboro
Byron Haworth
High Point
Floyd Moore
Samuel R. Levering
Ararat
George Parker
George
Ethelene Sampley
Durham
Claude Shotts
David Stafford
Margaret Stubbs
Garner
Alice Paige White
Alaska Purchase Salmon Venture Repaid Original Cost Claim
The report notes that salmon fishing profits have surpassed the 1867 purchase cost of Alaska paid by the United States amounting to 7.2 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
Bank executive urges safe growth and community loans
Brant Snavely vice president of Wachovia spoke to the High Point Exchange Club about banks serving depositors and providing credit for community growth. He noted Southern banking expansion, NC banks totaling over two billion dollars, and urged caution amid inflation or deflation scenarios. Eulis Dunn won the attendance prize and Charles Ledford joined as a new member with Jack Dunn leading the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brant Snavely
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
High Point Exchange Club
South
North Carolina
Tennessee
Snavely
Eulis Dunn
Charles Ledford
Jack Dunn
Local Couples Listed in Community Notices
Hobart Milan and Mildred Mc Neill of High Point. Gaston E. Hinkle Jr. and Nancy Lou Oglesby of High Point. Carson R. Yates Jr. and Katharine Marie Laws of High Point. Andrew K. Kart of Baltimore Maryland and Francis Davis of North Wilkesboro. Clyde Vernon Jr. of Sandy Ridge and Marjorie Nelson of May-Ties. Gussie Sanders Eva Mae McKinnon, Negroes, of Winston-Salem. Mitchell Johnson Ruby Miller, Negroes, of Fries Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart Milan
Mildred McNeill
High Point
Gaston E. Hinkle
Nancy Lou Oglesby
Carson R. Yates
Building Permits Filed for Local Properties
Building permits issued for Griffith Office Equipment at 515 North Main for remodeling and repair valued at 375 dollars. Mrs. C. S. Sheppard of 404 White Oak seeks porch repair costing 100 dollars. S. H. Kress Company at 141 South Main to paint and repair for 1,000 dollars. Z. M. Silman of 309 West Davis to repair and reroof for 216 dollars. G. W. Epting at 508 Walnut to underpin residence for 75 dollars. Frank Armfield and wife of 105 Brentley to add to building for 5,200 dollars. Carl D. McNeill of 1412 Harmon to repair residence for 440 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith Office Equipment Company
North Main Street
C. S. Sheppard
White Oak
S. H. Kress Company
South Main Street
Z. M. Silman
West Davis Street
G. W. Epting
Walnut
Frank Armfield
Brentley
Carl D. McNeill
Harmon
Undertaker Testifies Partner Attacked Him in Hearse
In Columbus County Superior Court Arnold Jessup is charged with assaulting Ralph Inman after a quarrel over payment. Inman testified he shot Jessup with a .25 caliber pistol when Jessup swung a blackjack in the hearse returning from a funeral near Whiteville. The incident occurred last Friday near Tabor City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiteville
Tabor City
Ralph Inman
Arnold Jessup
Columbus County Superior Court
Jessup
Inman
City of Columbus To Fill Costly Doughnut
Columbus city officials estimate about 55000 dollars will fill the hole in the city hall building nicknamed the doughnut. The structure built in 1928 and 1935 surrounds 5000 square feet of empty space until workers moved in to add an inner building for the income tax department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
City Hall
Parole Commissioner Addresses American Business Club
North Carolina State Parole Commissioner T. C. Johnson spoke at the Sheraton last evening, outlining parole standards and procedures. He noted about 8,000 inmates, with 25 percent released on parole, and stressed careful review before parole grants. Guests included Bob Hodges of New York and Larry Marsden. J. E. Slate won the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
T. C. Johnson
Raleigh
American Business Club
Sheraton Hotel
Ed Hedrick
O. Arthur Kirkman
Johnson
High Point College
First Baptist Church
Parole Commission
Girl Scouts Camp
J. E. Slate
Ray Nibelink
Bob Hodges
New York
Larry Marsden
This City
Theft of Car Leads to Arrest and Warrant
Donald Fagg, 19, of 834 Howard Street, is held on $1000 bond for larceny and receiving in the theft of an automobile from Gurney Snider's used car lot last Friday. A warrant was issued for Vernon Archer, 21, of 901 Putnam. Four men in soldiers uniforms rented the car, failed to return, police found it abandoned and damaged on the Greensboro road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurney Snider
Donald Fagg
Howard Street
Vernon Archer
Putnam
Snider
Greensboro
Prison reform project at Camp Butner reports first escape
Raleigh Oct 26 three week old Butner colony for young prisoners reports its first escapees Superintendent James Waite said Harold L Stutts 23 of Durham and Carl Lee Hall 18 of Asheville slipped from their bunks at dawn Waite noted the other inmates are upset The colony opened Oct 1 and uses nonguard teachers counselors with prisoners chosen by records Hall and Stutts faces lengthy sentences for manslaughter and burglary respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Camp Butner
James Waite
Harold L. Stutts
Durham
Carl Lee Hall
Asheville
Harold
Carl
Butner
Waite
Experimental Prison Rehabilitation Center
Hall
Stutts
Durham County
Buncombe
Local Man in Critical Condition After Self-Harm Attempt
An elderly resident, John I. Foushee, 2401 Chifton Street, was admitted to High Point Memorial Hospital in the Boulevard unit at about 10:30 AM with abdominal and groin wounds. Officers report the injuries are self-inflicted and say he is in his seventies and has been confined to bed for months. He told officers he was trying to end the pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Jenkins
Thomasville
Miss DuBose
Easley
Kivett
Andree
Ross McDonald
English Street
McDonald
Phillips
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
John I. Foushee
Chifton Street
Foushee
No Verdict In Crime Against Nature Case
Paul FE Proctor a 23-year-old High Point college senior was found guilty of attempt to commit a crime against nature. The state had charged him with crime against nature and a 14 year old boy found with him remained without judgment by Superior Court Judge F Donald Phillips by noon today. Ichthyophagous means fish eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fe, Proctor
High Point College
Superior Court
F. Donald Phillips
Circus Brings Its Minister to High Point
Mills Brothers circus visits High Point for two shows with Rev. Doc Waddell as traveling minister. Waddell, Past Grand Patron of Ohio OES, claims world records across Star Chapters and leads a unique canvas church inside the circus, holding a dawn service as part of the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills Brothers Circus
Doc Waddell
Waddell
O.E.S. of Ohio
Eastern Star
International Eastern Star Temple
Washington, D. C
Cornet Magazine
Mills Bros. Circus
Truesdale and Grays Congregation to Worship at Pilgrim
Rev H L Truesdale and the Grays Congregational Church from Statesville will worship at Pilgrim Congregational Church on Sunday at 3 PM. Pilgrim members are asked to bring lunch baskets to the church at 2 30 PM for entertaining the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Truesdale
Grays Congregational Church
Statesville
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Pilgrim
Professional Men's Club Meets at Victor Blackburn Home
Victor Blackburn hosted the Professional Men's club on Crawford street Tuesday night. The finance committee reports were presented by T. W. Hughes, and the proposed financial program for the year was adopted. Guests included Earl Whitley Guilford county supervisor, county school instruction, John Dennis and Herman Forbes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Blackburn
Crawford Street
T. W. Hughes
Earl Whitley
Guilford County Supervisor
John Dennis
Herman Forbes
Wesleyan Service Guild Meeting Set at Brooks Memorial
The Wesleyan Service Guild of Brooks Memorial church will gather tonight at 7 p.m. in the church hall for its regular meeting and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Service Guild
Brooks Memorial Church
Holden Smith to Sing at William Penn High Friday
Shelby singer Holden Smith performs a song recital at William Penn High School Friday at 8 p m. The event is presented by the St Paul Baptist deacon board and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holden Smith
Shelby
William Penn High School
St. Paul Baptist Deacon Board
Patrons Donate $25 to William Penn High Band
The Patrician club contributed twenty five dollars to the William Penn high school band this week. The gift was announced by the band project committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrician Club
William Penn High School
Ever Ready Club Meeting at St. Mark Church
The Ever Ready club of St. Mark church will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Maggie Crutchfield on Alder street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark Church
Maggie Crutchfield
Alder Street
St. Mark Choir Plans Evening Rehearsal
The St Mark church choir will meet at the church tonight at 8 45 p m for a practice session led by the choir director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Mark
St. Mark Church
Elder Guardbolts Sermon at St Matthews Holiness Church
The public is invited to a Thursday night sermon at St Matthews Holiness Church on Meredith Street delivered by Elder Guardbolts at 8:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Matthews
Guardbolts
St. Matthews Holiness Church
Meredith Street
Canned Hamburgers Baked Between Biscuit Rounds
A simple method uses standard biscuit dough cut into twelve equal rounds. Six rounds form buns and hold hamburger patties, then the remaining six rounds cover them. Bake in a hot oven about fifteen minutes and serve with hot gravy or sauce.
Insurance Man Completes Part of Work
John Charles York of the Equitable Life Assurance Society completes part two of a five week life insurance marketing program at the Institute of Insurance Marketing, Southern Methodist University. He will return May 8 1950 for the senior phase of the one year course while experts and Million Dollar Round Table members spoke during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Insurance Marketing
Southern Methodist University
John Charles York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Round Table
York
John Johnson Dies in High Point From Natural Causes
John M Johnson 30 drops dead at Reliable Manufacturing where he worked at about 10 am. Coroner W W Harvey rules death by heart attack after ambulance attendants report a fall from a lumber pile and collapse. Navy World War II veteran from Conway S C moved to High Point two months ago with wife Lois Marie Floyd at 115 Mallory Street. Surviving: wife, mother Claudia Johnson of Conway, brothers Winston High Point and Jack Florence S C, sisters Emily Hinson Fayetteville Doris Johnson Conway and Lillian Hardy Conway, plus two daughters Martha Ann and Luvene Johnson from Spartanburg. Funeral pending relatives arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Harvey
John M. Johnson
Reliable Manufacturing Company
Yow’s
Johnson
Harvey
Johnee
U. S. Navy
High Poin
Conway
S. C
Lois Marie Floyd
Mallory Street
Claudia Johnson
Winston
High Point
Jack
Florence
Emily Hinson
Fayetteville
Doris Johnson
Lillian Hardy
Martha Ann
Lulvne Johnson
Spartanburg
Radio and TV licenses cost in England described
In England a radio receiver license runs about $4 per year while a television license costs roughly twice that amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Veterans to Speak at High Point Missionary Conference
Three veterans in the mission fields of China, French West Africa, Malaya and Indonesia will address the annual missionary conference at High Point Gospel Tabernacle. Speakers include Rev Gustave Woerner and Mrs A R Fesmire with Rev H O Watkins, Rev R L Staley and Rev Donald B Irvin directing and teaching. The event runs from Sunday morning through Sunday November 6 with nightly services at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
French West Africa
Malaya
Indonesia
High Point
Jaffray
Woerner
Singapore
A. R
Fesmire
West China
H. O. Watkins
Winston-Salem
French Guinea
Walter Caston
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
R. L. Staley
South Atlantic
Society
New York
New Jersey
Florida
Donald B. Irvin
Civitan Club Hears Talk By J P Molen Weather Chief
J P Molen chief of the Greensboro High Point weather station spoke at the Civitan noon meeting. He said the station has run 24 7 since January 1 1930 and was the first weather post between Washington DC and Atlanta. Guests included Ack Davison of New York and Louis Kupper of the Commerce Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Molen
United States Weather Bureau
Greensboro-High Point
Civitan Club
Greensboro-High Point Airport
Molen
Washington
Ack Davison
New York City
Louis Kupper
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Census
Washington, D. C
Martinsville Workers Vote Against Union
Martinsville workers at Jobbers Pants in Virginia rejected the CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America as their bargaining agent by 506 to 255 in a plant wide election supervised by the NLRB. A year earlier 538 opposed and 296 favored union representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Jobbers Pants Company
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
Robbers Company
NLRB
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Enterprise
Web
Tective
J. L. Kivett
H. M. Easley
High Pointers
Dligh
Undertaker
City of
Butner Colony Boys
Circus
John Johnson
Gustave Woerner
Americas
Coleman
Quesu
Erica
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