Open House Draws 3000 at Local Y Building Dedication
More than 3,000 people toured High Point's new Y M C A during a two and a half hour open house. Mayor Amos R Kearns presided and presented Mayor L P McLendon with a key to the city. A surprise $2000 gift to General Secretary Edgar Hartley was announced for a trip to England next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Y.M. C.A
Amos Kearns
M.C.A
L. P. McLendon
Greensboro
Edgar Hartley
England
Hartley
W. B. McEwen
Major McLendon
Y.M.C.A
Kearns
McLendon
Wilson Smith
the Carolina
Smith
North Carolina
Amos R. Kearns
Wm. F. Bailey
L. P
City of
Enterprise
Glenn
Cloudy Skies Predicted With Mild Temps Today and Tomorrow
The forecast from the Friendship Weather Bureau calls for considerable cloudiness this afternoon tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. Expect a low around 60 this evening a high near 73 today dipping to 58 tonight and a high of 78 degrees tomorrow.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
London Attorney Leads Greensboro Service with Benediction
Law firm Coltrane and Graham oversee key turnover as Roy Padgett leads hymn The Church's One Foundation. W. G. McFarland ministers at Main Street Methodist Church with a Woodmen of the World flag presentation by Byron Haworth presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coltrane
Graham
Roy Padgett
W. G. McFarland
Main St. Methodist Church
Woodmen of the World
Byron Haworth
Local Men to Hear Speaker at Anvil Brand Dinner
Members of Anvil Brand Corp of High Point will attend a Society for Advancement of Management dinner at the Plantation Supper Club on the Greensboro highway tomorrow at 7:00. Thomas H. Carroll UNC professor will discuss human relations in industry with a social hour at 6:00.
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Anvil Brand Corporation
High Point
Society For Advancement of Management
Plantation
Greensboro Highway
Thomas H. Carroll
University of North Carolina
Dean Carroll
iMinner
NcMorgan
Floyd Mehan
Anvil Brand
I Inc
W. J.rives
Reitzel N. Morgan
Afeen Carter
Anvil Brand, Inc
Whitaker Promoted To Resident Manager at Liberty Mutual Atlanta
Rufus A Whitaker of Decatur Ga has been promoted to resident manager of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Atlanta Office. A Furman University graduate he has served as claimsman and salesman in Spartanburg Charlotte High Point Roanoke New Orleans and Atlanta. He and wife Margarett Neese Whitaker reside at 538 Twin Oak Drive Decatur Ga.
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Rufus A. Whitaker
Decatur
Atlanta
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Whitaker
Furman University
Spartanburg
Charlotte
High Point
Roanoke
New Orleans
Liverty Mutual
Margarett Neese Whitaker
Twin Oak Drive
Touchdown Club to Hear Barrier on Southern Conference Tour
Barrier editor Thomas in Le Smith, barrier sports editor of the Greens boro Daily News, will speak at the Touchdown Club meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in City Hall about observations from his recent football tour of Southern Conference schools. Club president Bob Steibing urged attendance.
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Thomasinle— Smith Barrier
Greensboro Daily News
Touchdown Club
Bob Steibing
Deputies arrest Route 1 woman on whiskey sale charge
Deputies raided a Route 1 residence at 9 West Main Street in THOMASVILLE and seized a half gallon of white liquor. The occupant, identified as Mrs Robbins, was arrested for having whiskey for sale and posted bond for trial next Friday. Accompanying deputies were Melvin Stamey and Arnold Craven, with an ATU agent present.
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Thomasville
Robbins
Melvin Stamey
Arnold Craven
ATU
Winston-Safem
Boy Hurt After Fall From Tree Near Home
A 12 year old resident of 115 Smith Street, James Willard, suffered a slight concussion after probably falling from a tree while playing near his residence on 9 West Main Street. He was found semi conscious in his yard and was taken by ambulance to the hospital early last night for treatment.
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Thomasinle
Smith Street
James Willard
McKinley Armstrong Becomes Baltimore School Teacher
McKinley Armstrong son of Mr and Mrs C E Armstrong 1301 Olga Street recent graduate of N C College in Durham is employed as a teacher at Booker T Washington School No 130 Baltimore not Dunbar High School in Baltimore as stated in yesterdays Colored News Column.
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McKinley Armstrong
C. E. Armstrong
Olga Street
N. C. College
Durham
Booker T. Washington School
Baltimore
Dunbar High School
Colored News
Missing Child And Odd Theft Report From Weekend
Police investigated a missing 11 year old girl Emogene White of 1519 Horney Street as a separate incident. In another case Lena Lambert home at 1207 Hardover Street was entered but nothing stolen. Four beer cases valued at 15 dollars and a coin box from a jukebox were stolen from Upton's Girl at 1106 Scales Street. A bicycle was stolen from Blair Park Golf Course and later recovered. Wheels were removed from a girl’s bicycle in a garage. No arrests reported.
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Lena O. Lambert
Hardover Street
D. F. Upton
Upton
Scaies Street
Roger Wayne Mabe
Welch Street
Blair Park
E. T. Davis
E. State Street
Emogene White
Horney Street
Alan Hines
Brother of Local Man Buried Today
Leonard Delaney Wilson, 72, of Raleigh, brother of T. A. Wilson, president of the Textile Insurance Company of Raleigh, died after a short illness. He was a Mason, a Shriner, and a Lutheran. Funeral services were held in Columbia, South Carolina, with interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Leonard Delaney Wilson
Raleigh
T. A. Wilson
Mary Elizabeth’ Hospital
Wilson
Lutheran Church
Columbia
S. C
Elmwood
Residence bid to F R Terry for South Hamilton site
A notice states an order to build a 5000 dollar residence for F R Terry on South Hamilton Street between Wilks and Davis.
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F. R. Terry
South Hamilton
Wilks and
Davis
Blood Trail Mystery Near Sheraton Hotel
Early hours report a large blood trail along Sheraton Place from near the Sheraton Hotel side entrance to a car or lobby area. The path suggests a person was wounded and moving in a weakened state, with no identification of the culprit or vehicle.
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Sheraton Hotel
Death of Mrs Minnie S Taylor Tied to Spartanburg Auto Crash
Mrs Minnie S Taylor 51 sister of Mrs Colene Powell of High Point died in Clinton South Carolina from injuries in an automobile accident. Funeral service set for 11 am tomorrow at West Spring Baptist Church Union with burial in West Spring Cemetery.
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Minnie S. Taylor
Colene Powell
High Point
Spartanburg
S. C
Fatal fall from Asheboro bridge claims man
A 45 year old man, Homer Earnhart Sr., of Central Falls, died after walking a railing of an Asheboro bridge and slipping into City Lake Number Four. His son jumped in to help but could not save him. the body was recovered by Greensboro rescue squad. He is survived by his wife, daughter Lillian, son, parents Grover and Mrs. Earnhart, three sisters and three brothers. Funeral scheduled for Mount Lebanon Methodist Church in Randleman at 3:30 pm tomorrow.
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Homer Earnhart
Central Falls
City Lake Number Four
Greensboro
Henretta Earnhart
Lillian Earnhart
Grover Earnhart
Randleman
Vera Curtis
Margaret Gibson
Burlington
Captain Lassiter
Grover
Williar
John
Mount Lebanon Methodist Church
Victims of Flood Need Money for Relief Drive
Donation totals from the High Point Flood Relief drive rise to 1310.50 as Red Cross headquarters warn continued need. About 650 rehabilitation workers remain employed in the Midwest through October. local chapter collections continue at the Enterprise. Contribs include Julia Drake 5.05 and a memorial gift of 10.00, totaling 1340.60.
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High Point Drive
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Enterprise
Julia Drake
Wee
Bessie Shedd
Rankin ‘Mem
Methodist Church
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PLUA
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