City To Honor New Coach At Dinner Meet
A dinner at Emery wood Country club next Wednesday night September 26 welcomes Ralph James the new football coach at High Point college. Chamber of Commerce secretary Frank Sizemore said a large crowd is expected and tickets may be purchased at the chamber on North Main street. A steering committee includes R. K. Young Edgar Snider W. W. Patterson William D. Lewis Paul W. Casey J. B. Jace Iles Risch Lloyd Flythe Cecil R. Wilcox R. A. Wilson and F. J. Sizemore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerywood Country Club
Ralph James
High Point College
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
North Main Street
R. K. Young
Civic Bureau
The
Edgar Snider
Junior Chamber of Commerce
W.W. Patterson
Mercury Athletic Club
William D. Lewis
Kiwanis Club
Paul W. Casey
Rotary Club
J. B. Jace
American Business Club
Iles Risch
Civitan Club
Lloyd Flythe
Lions Club
Cecil R. Wilcox
Exchange Club
R. A. Wilson
Cooperative Club
F. J. Sizemore
New Grocery Market Opens at North Wrenn and Richardson
Announcement today that Mal and Kearns Food Market opens at the corner of North Wrenn and Richardson streets. The building is complete with modern equipment. The market will carry groceries meats seafoods and poultry. Operators are H. M. Malpass and C. W. Kearns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maland Kearns
Wrenn and
Richardson
H. M. Malpass
C. W. Kearns
Dr Dowis Speaks On The General Judgment
Dr Solomon F Dowis of Atlanta preached at Green Street Baptist on The General Judgment urging that all must face Christ and give an account for every thought and deed. He argued all are in debt before God, and only Christ can balance the record by forgiving the believer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon F. Lewis
Atlanta
Georgia
Green Street Baptist Church
Dowis
God
Christ
Jesus
Bronze Star Awarded to Pfc Bruce E Gray
Pfc Bruce E Gray of Thomasville Rt 1 receives the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement during a 16 March 1945 action near Epping Urbach Germany. He and a comrade forced a house surrendering 18 Germans by rifle and BAR fire, with one killed and another wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce E. Gray
A. F. Gray
Thomasville
Rt. 1
Epping
Urbach
Germany
Gray
Historic House Near City Lake Considered As Museum Site
High Point considers converting the old Mendenhall house at City Lake into a local historic museum housing relics from pre Revolutionary days to World War II. Mayor Earl N. Phillips leads a committee to assess repairs and possible exhibits, aiming to include patriotic groups and tie in with WW II War Goods materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Earl N. Phillips
Phillips
Mendenhall
City Lake
Raleigh
Iend
Mendenhall House
Methodists To Meet In Thomasville District
The final check up meeting of the Thomasville district of the Methodist church will be held at Fair Grove Methodist church near Thomasville Thursday at two oclock. Dr S W Taylor says all 46 passes in the district serving 34 churches are expected to attend along with lay men and laywomen ahead of the October 9 annual conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Masville
Thomasville
Methodist Church
Fair Grove Methodist Church
S. W. Taylor
Davidson
Randolph
Davie
Revised flight attendant qualifications by Eastern Air Lines
Eastern Air Lines issues new flight stewardess requirements. Applicants must be 21 to 26, unmarried, 5 ft 2 in to 5 ft 6 in tall, weigh 102 to 126 lbs, be a citizen, have no need for glasses, and hold at least one year of college or university education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
INS
Eastern Air Lines
Regular Convocation Announcement for Royal Arch Degree
The notice invites members to a convocation on September 19 at 7 30 P M to confer the Royal Arch degree with Joe H Smith listed as HP and H R Williams serving as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arch
Joe H. Smith
H. R. Williams
Secy
John Bivins Named By Red Cross For Storm News
John F. Bivins a radar field engineer stationed in Miami was chosen by the American Red Cross to handle communications from Miami during a Florida storm telegraph disruption. He arranged for short wave messages to be received at his Miami apartment and broadcast locally and nationwide. He plans to return with his wife Louise McNabb and son Siehen in October, with his brother William P. Bivins in radar work in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Bivins
Neer
Miami
Florida
American Red Cross
Dallas Park
Mr. Bivins
Wellington Street
Louise McNabb
Greensboro
Sehen
William P. Bivins
Boston
Mass
Guilford Radio Service
Healthmobile to Tour High Point For Tuberculosis Education
Healthmobile a Brooklyn Tuberculosis Association exhibit will visit High Point for six days in January or February as part of a south coast tour. The event includes 22 moving windows and sound features to educate on tuberculosis. R T Amos was named to head a case finding committee with Dr C L Gray and Mrs Sidney Ives as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Turculosis Association
Association
West Washington Street
Brooklyn Tuberculosis Association
South
North Carolina
High Point
R. T. Amos
C. L. Gray
Sidney Ives
S. S. Coe
J. P. Hollingsworth
L. B. Heilig
Charles Mendenhall
Karl Shepard
A. J. Cronin
WMFR
S Rd
Deaths in Winston-Salem and Thomasville Obituaries
Funeral services were held for Bessie Allen Fowler 68 of Walnut Cove after a long illness. Survivors include her husband J H Fowler five sons two daughters and seven grandchildren. A funeral for Joan C Gallimore Rt 2 was conducted at Clarksburg Methodist Church with pallbearers and interment in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie A. Fowler
Winston-Salem
Bessie Allen Fowler
Walnut Cove
H. H. Fowler
Stokes County
Walnut Ve
J. H. Fowler
H. R. Clapp
Waynesville
Nell F. Key
A. A
Frank
Fairmont
H. H
J. B
Pfc
Sam J. Fowler
Germany
C. R. Allen
High Point
G. Allen
Winston-em
K. Allen
Lenoir
Municipal Court Dockets 21 Civil Cases and Divorces
Twenty one civil cases are scheduled for the next term of Municipal civil court to convene October 2. Eight uncontested divorces are calendared and additional matters are expected. The civil court opens Tuesday at 9 30 and is slated to run through Friday October 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Civil Court
Clare
Hosiery and Textile Group Sets Drive Plans in High Point
The Hosiery and Textile Group outlined a drive to raise 45450 as part of the High Point unity and War Chest campaign opening officially October 10. Colonel H P Hardin chaired the preliminary meeting with captains and chest officials at the Keraton hotel amid plans for early solicitation and material pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
H. P. Hardin
Keraton Hotel
W. A. Tominson
Miscellaneous Manufacturers
W. B. McEwen
Salvation Army
Community Chest Office
College Street
Horace 5. Haworth
Community Chest
Charles Kearns
Ruth Neve
W. E. Mitchell
J. E. Millis
H. P. Morrison
R. T. Amos
A. W. Burns
C. C. Garrett
Vernon Idol
J. W. Lindsay
Jack Thomas
Uniform Traffic Signal Schedule Implemented Citywide
Safety Director Eli Veoe says the police shift from 10 40 p m to 6 40 a m will ensure lights are off at night and on in the morning. Previously officers turned lights off without a set schedule, a practice now ended. There are 27 signals citywide with nineteen on Main Street four on Wrenn three on Hamilton and one on English. About a dozen signals are inactive and may be restored. Police Chief John Lowdermilk is surveying intersections to decide which abandoned signals should be reactivated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli K. Ve Oe
Ingram
Main Street
Wrenn
Hamilton
English
John Lowdermilk
Funeral Rites for Connie Sue Lawson
Funeral services were held for Connie Sue Lawson eleven month old daughter of Mr and Mrs E L Lawson who died in Norfolk Virginia Saturday. Rev Julian S Hopkins pastor of Green Street Baptist Church led the service with solo by H O Wester. Pallbearers were Clyde Vens Paul Mills K M Kizer and G C Henley. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Sue Lawson
E. L. Lawson
Norfolk
Virginia
Koonce
Julian S.hopkins
Green Street Baptist Church
H. O. Wester
Clyde Vens
Paul Mills
K. M. Kizer
G. C Henley
Ooakwood Cemetery
Personal Insurance Claims Highlight Service Support
The document lists recent payments including 283.32 to H P business man for illness 213.34 to H P professional woman for illness 162.75 to H P business man for an accident and 1000.00 to a widow who lost her husband. It notes urging a service member to maintain life insurance with a monthly widow’s benefit of 45.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P
P. P
Seven Jurors Chosen So Far In Thomason Trial
State and defense attorneys have selected seven of 12 jurors for the murder case of L R Thomason a Negro at Guilford Superior Court. The court will screen a 35 man venire until a 12 man jury is chosen with trial not expected to start until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Thomason
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Thomason
Luther Leach
King's
Esso
English Street
Hubert E. Olive
Jim Nelson
Marie Nelson
Willie Phifer
John Archie
Brantley French
Rt. 3
Fred Stanley
Grady Carroll
Grady Carroll, 111% South Hamilton Street
W. L. Vaughn
Carroll
Vaughn
Henry Cook
East Washington Street
Point Municipal Court
James Young
Fat Cormick
Wise Street
Thomasville Legion Post Meeting Postponed to Sept 24
The Harris Culbreth American Legion post business and supper meeting was postponed from last Monday due to weather and will be held next Monday night September 24 at 7 p m in the legion hut Kinneywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Harris-Culbreth
American Legion
Legion
Kinneywood
Hicks Returns Home To Operate Hicks Furniture Company
First Lieutenant James F. Hicks is relieved from active duty at Fort Bragg and will live in High Point with his wife and infant son. He will operate the Hicks Furniture Company founded by his late father M. T. Hicks. The family plans to stay at 302 Avenue while he serves as a reserve officer pilot and navigator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Hicks
Army Air Forces
Fort Bragg
High Point
Hicks Ae Company
Whic
M. T. Hicks
Hicks
Mary Catherine Swiggett
Jimmy Hicks
Lt. Hicks
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High Point Museum
N. Wrenn
Wweeris
South Main ST
Doers
Center Theatre
Dr. Dows
Bronze
Bruce Gray
Pierce
J. J. Warren
Warren
Westinghouse Electric Appliances
Utility Appliance CO
D. B. Carrick Bulb
Carrick
A. Foo CO
Royal Arch Masons
Nat Walker
Walgreen
Johns Manville
Parker-Brown Lumber CO
Oak St
John Bivins
Red Cross
John C. Gallimore
Joan C. Gallimore
Rt. 2
Clarksburg
Harold Simpson
First Methodist
C. L. Kinley
D. L. Younts
F. A. Younts
Vann Lambeth
John Black
H. ix. Fine
Roy Harris
N. SL. Garnar
Luther A. Workman, Sr
Raymond Harold Hunsucker
Odell Franklin Cecil
Frances P. Fox
Thomasville Legion
B. F. Thomas
Lester
FT Ee
Fraley Field
N. C
State College
Jeff
Cee Store
N. Main ST
Main ST
W. C. Brown
Wachovia Bank
Bean's Shoe Shop
South Main Street
Peta
Eer Point
Las
DR. F. C. Sharp
415 Security Bank Building
Peete Ce
United States
HighPoint
Gece
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