Boone Peace fixes a spring into a decorative basement feature
Thomasville craftman Boone Peace encounters a buried community spring while building a home in Erwin Heights. Rather than pipe it away he integrates the spring as a water feature, creating a tile well, flagstone arch, and decorative drain that doubles as part of a rumpus-room interior.
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Thomasville
Boone Peace
Mr. Peace
Erwin Heights
Peace
Peace Plumbing Company
Boone
Gilbert File
By botanical designation fruits include several garden items
By botanical designation snap beans and green beans pod of peas and garden pepper are fruits.
Davidson School Officials Plan Protest Over Budget Cuts
Davidson county school units demand a joint meeting with the county commissioners to challenge what they call unsatisfactory capital outlay cuts in the 1949-50 budget. Ralph Wilson J D Fraley and Smith Crow sign the request, noting that minimum education needs cannot be met. A Tuesday meeting is probable after Labor Day, with a late next week possible for the joint session.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
County Board of Commissioners
D. S. Sheloff, Jr
Lexington
Ralph Wilson
Wilson
County Board of Education
J. D. Fraley
Smith Crow
Building Permits Authorized in Thomasville Totals 63000
Construction costs approved for August include ten new residences totaling 41100 and four more 21250 plus additions to homes and businesses estimated at 900. Permits also issued for North State Telephone office at 27 Salem for 5000 and a soda shop at 29 Salem for 10000.
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Thomasville
Harry B. Finch
North State Telephone
Salem Street
Minnie Gilliam
School Street
Colonial Drive
J. O.branson
Cates and
East Bain Streets
Laura Brown
Franklin Street
Everett Co. Burris
Jones Circle
H. G. Baldwin
Conrad Street
M. C. Hamrick
Midland Street
Howard Wilson
Chestnut Street
W. C. Russell
Randolph Street
T. F. Hill
L. C. Hepler
Reid Street
Charles Clodfelter
Sullivan
Wesley Youth Group Returns After Farm Retreat
The Wesley Memorial Methodist youth council returned to the city after a two day retreat at Millbrook Farm. Miss Elsie Ellen Moore directed Christian education and helped map a year long program. Speakers included Mrs H W McCain Nell Sheloff Frances Griffith Jim Hardison and Elsie Ellen Moore.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Millbrook Farm
Elsie Ellen Moore
Ralph Tilden
Suzanne Earnhardt
Frances Mull
Jim Hardison
Nell Sheloff
Prostitution Charges Filed Against Pair
Police charged an Atlanta man and his wife with prostitution after a hotel complaint. The pair listed as Mr and Mrs S F Lipford both aged 40 and 27, with another name for Mrs Lipford Katherine McDonald. They said they married in 1943 and had recently been released from a penitentiary for highway robbery. They remain jailed on $500 bonds each. a municipal court hearing is expected Wednesday.
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Charles
Atlanta
S. F. Lipford
Lipford
Katherine McDonald
Charlotte
South Carolina
Emerywood Bridge Names Announced
Winners of the eight week Emerywood country club duplicate bridge series were led by Mrs. F. H. Grey and Mrs. Lawrence Ingram taking first place. Second went to Mrs. R. D. Tillson and Mrs. O. C. Durland. Individual session victors emerged in North-South led by Mrs. E. T. Howard with Sidney Ives, and East-West led by Mr. and Mrs. Hal Davis with runners up Mrs. C. S. Beaver and Mrs. J. T. Ferrebee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerywood Country Club
F. H. Grey
Lawrence Ingram
R. D. Tillson
O. C. Durland
E. T. Howard
Sidney Ives
C. S. Beaver
J. T. Ferrebee
Hal Davis
C. Durland
Harold McKee
Memorial Methodist Opens New Series of Night Services
Rev Calvin Leonard of Calvary Reformed Church will preach at Memorial Methodist in Thomasville on Sunday at 7 30 p m to inaugurate the fall night service series. His sermon titled Sea Faring Folks, with Rev Wilson O Weldon inviting the public to attend. The item about a flying lemur notes it glides rather than flies.
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Thomasvile
Calvin Leonard
Calvary Reformed Church
Memorial Methodist Church
Wilson O. Weldon
Memorial Church
Trans-Siberian Railway Longest in World
The Trans-Siberian railroad runs from Vladivostok to Moscow linking with Leningrad, spanning about 5500 miles, and standing as the world’s longest railway line.
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Vladivostok
Siberia
Moscow
Leningrad
Docks See Record Transatlantic Passenger Traffic
In 1947 the Southampton docks handled 577000 passengers setting an all time record while sea and air traffic to Great Britain surpassed 1.5 million trans Atlantic travelers.
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Great Britain
Southampton Docks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wint Capel Enterprise
LYN Mar
P. Frames
Willowbrook Street
City of
High Point
Dial
General Plywood Corp
Florence, S. C
Florence
Rosen & Company
B.C
Cleveland
Ohio
Davidson
Terminix
Terminix CO
N. C
South Main
P.O
THE
Sheraton Hotel
Barrer
Wesley Youth Group
Emerywood
Memorial Methodist
Malay Archipelago
Clarllee
Thrifty Penneys
Gabardine
Penney’s
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