Registration Push Brings High Point Voter Roll Near 20 000
An unprecedented six week registration period in High Point raises estimated voter registration to about 20 000, over half of the township's voting age population. Officials say roughly 6 500 new names were added, with 13 500 prior registrations. Precinct No 1 polling place remains 321 Ardmore Circle, home of Mrs Fletcher Eich, while registrar Mrs Neigh operates from that address on challenge day.
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Election Board
John Haworth
Worth
Ardmore
Fletchereich
Neigh
Neighbors
New Recruiter Takes Over Here
Staff Sergeant S. J. Hatley assumes recruiting duties at the local Army and Air Force station replacing Sergeant First Class William K. Fry who transfers to the Far Eastern Command. Hatley will live in Greensboro and recruit in High Point on Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri and in Reidsville on Tuesdays. He is a four and a half year Air Force veteran who served 17 months with the Eighth Air Force in England during the war.
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S. J. Hatley
Air Force
Army and
William K. Fry
Far Eastern Command
Sgt
Hatley
Greensboro
High Point
Reidsville
Eighth Air Force
England
Injury Case Charge Is Reckless Driving
Emmett W. Burge of 808 Arlington Street was charged with reckless driving after a Saturday accident in which his car struck a 12-year-old boy. Police had initially said speeding.
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Emmett W. Burge
Arlington Street
Enterprise
Ratproofing Case Brings Michigan Woman to Court
The health department cited Mrs. Mary Wingfield in Detroit for ratproofing her home in a manner that trapped rats inside, creating a public health concern and legal action.
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Detroit
Health Department
Mary Wingfield
Man Bound Over After Wife Shooting In Local Case
Thomas E. Tate 29, Negro, bound over to Superior Court on felonious assault with a deadly weapon after shooting his wife Quilla Tate in the back and abdomen with a .38 pistol on September 20. Bond set at $1000. arresting officer found Tate behind his wife crying. Other cases: Otis Quick Jr., 17, Negro, continuance granted. Andrew Jones stabbed by Jones. Fred Medlin guilty for head injury with eight months suspended sentence and fine. Alice Lilly, 40, convicted of illegal alcohol, 12 months at workhouse with two years' suspension. Charles Lohr fined for reckless driving. Woodrow Stack given conditional road sentence.
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Thomas E. Tate
la Tate
Quilla Tate
Otis Quick, Jr
East High Street
Fender
Andrew Jones
Fred Medlin
Ennis Street
R. B. Luther
Medlin
Alice Lilly
High Point
Greensboro
Charles M. Lohr
Trinity
Woodrow Stack
Mangum Avenue
Gieorderiy
Thomasville Man Unhurt After Train Hits Auto
Two Thom asville accidents reported by Rey City Police on Saturday include a 1947 car driven by Howard Huntley struck by a freight train on Unity Street. No injuries. train crew named. A second hit and run occurred on Salem Street with William Cox arrested for drunken driving and property damage to three vehicles.
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Thomasville
Rey City
Howard Huntley
Church Street
Unity Street
F. R. Pennington
Ray V. Evans
Hame
R. L. Myers
G. T. Conard
Salem Street
William M. Cox
Alexander Avenue
Cox
Arthur Lee Everhart
Davidson Street
James Coit Jerman
Kern Street
Large Park Projects Move Forward in City Recreation Plan
The City Parks and Recreation Department reports asphalt surfacing at a 11,000 yard area at Colored Park for a combined recreation and parking space. Plans include weekly square and round dance music and upcoming grills at Colored Armstrong Parks and City Lake. Shrubbery from Tate Park aids re landscaping of City Lake and Col Park while Harvel Park gains a chain link fence around its softball field.
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City Parks and Recreation Department
William B. Stronach
Stronach
Armstrong Park
Colored
Armstrong Parks
City Lake
Tate Park
Col Park
Harvel Park
Bulgarian Border Skirmish Reported
Belgrade radio reports Bulgarian troops fired across the border at a Yugoslav pillbox yesterday and Bulgarian planes conducted three illegal flights over Yugoslavia near Dimitrovgrad. The Foreign Office broadcast did not state if Yugoslav forces returned fire or retaliated.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Dimitrovgrad
Foreign Office
Mt Fuji Likely to Erupt Within Four or Five Years
Japanese geologist Teruhiko Samejima of Shinoka University predicts Mt Fuji will erupt in four or five years after studying over 90 eruptions in Japanese islands. The Central Meteorological Observatory notes the theory as interesting though not conclusive, while many Japanese regard Mt Fuji as sacred and attract thousands of pilgrims annually.
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Tokyo
Japan
Mt. Fuji
Sessor
Teruhiko Samejima
Shinoka University
Isla
Central Meteorological Observatory
Samejima
Shut-ins Access Boston University Lectures by Execu Phone
A two way radio telephone device called the execu phone lets bedridden students hear Boston University lectures and ask questions, enabling shut ins to take part in class.
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Boston (Up
Boston University
Final Rites Set For Mrs Bowers
Mary Elizabeth Link Bowers 86 widow of Pleasant M Bowers died in a Winston-Salem nursing home after a long illness. Born August 1 1866 in Duvieen County she lived in the county her entire life. She was a member of Calvary Evangelical and Reformed Church. Surviving are two daughters four sons 29 grandchildren 33 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral services follow at Calvary Reformed Church with interment in the family plot at the church cemetery.
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Thomasville
Mary Elizabeth Link Bowers
Pleasant McKinsey Bowers
Winston-Salem
Duvieen County
Daniel and
Evaline Sink
William Hedrick
Fred Black
Mebane
Calvin G. Bowers
Herman H. Bowers
Route 1
Early F. Bowers
Curtis F. Bowers
Green Sons
Jones Street
Calvary Reformed Church
See Temperature Rise Forecast At Friendship
Weather forecasters at Friendship predict a high of 70 degrees today and 74 tomorrow under sunny skies. Last night’s low was 33 degrees and the mercury is expected to fall to 38 tonight.
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Friendship
Chamber Official Attends Southern Development Convention
Phil Clarke of the High Point Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Division attends the seventh annual convention of the Southern Industrial Development Council in Charlotte. About 150 industry figures from utilities, banks, chambers, and railroads will study regional development issues.
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Phil Clarke
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Southern Industrial Development Council
Charlotte
Clarke
Chambers of Commerce
South
James Green Applies for Linden Street Warehouse Permit
James Green seeks approval for a warehouse on Linden Street with an estimated project cost of 25.20 dollars. The filing indicates local permitting activity and budget scope for the structure.
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James Green
Linden Street
Lee Espy Ritchie Dies In Hospital
Lee Ritchie 81 of Route 1 sepate died at High Point Memorial Hospital at 4 30 am after a long illness. Born December 23 1870 in Rowan County he moved to High Point 39 years ago and lived in Randolph County last six years. Survived by two daughters and a son in law plus a step son and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending with services planned Wednesday and burial at Green Lawn Cemetery China Grove.
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Thomasville
Lee Ritchie
Sepate
High Point
Rowan County
Henry Ritchie
Wilhelm Ritchie
Randolph County
Ritchie
Eliza Ann Arey
P. F. Sink
R. A. Dixon
Boerne
Texas
Emma Lacy
James Lacy
Route 1
Sophia
Green Lawn Cemetery
China Grove
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
News Of Interest To Colored People Chest Report
Civic groups urged to prepare contributions for a Mary Thompson YWCA drive with workers contacting organizations. The YWCA accepts coast contributions and will convene today between 6 and p.m. A Professional News Club meeting is set for Tuesday at Dr. C T White's Day Street home.
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Mary Thone
YWCA
Dr. C. T. White
Father Killed by Son During First Hunting Trip
In Grand Rapids Michigan James Ramsey was shot dead by his 14 year old son Billy during a hunting trip. The boy said he swung the shotgun toward a pheasant without realizing his father stood in the line of fire. Authorities report the incident occurred Sunday and the boy was crying as he gave his account.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
James Ramsey
Billy
Ramsey
Nothing Faster For Headache Relief
An advertisement touts BC Headache Tablets or Powders for rapid relief of nerve-racking headaches and neuralgic pains. It claims a special combination of tested ingredients that dissolves quickly and works better together than separately, with 10c 25c and larger bottle options.
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Southern Statesman
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Wonder Drug
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OTD
Piedmont Airlines
Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
Dayton
T. Louis
Columbus
Toledo
Byrum Cleaners
Carolina Cleaners
Dutch Laundry, Inc, Vive Point Cleaners
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Master Cleaners
NEW Service Laundry Quality Dry Cleaning Company
Royal Cleaners
Reliable Cleaners
Martin Dry Cleaning
Sunshine Laundry
Superior Dry Cleaners
Packer’s Dry Cleaning Company
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Shore’s
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Delta Jabberwock
Mesdames Eula
Gram
Fannie Parker
Alpha Omega Sigma Chapter
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Chamber
Lee Espy Ritchie
Brooklyn
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