R. T. Holton Dies In His Home Here
Roland Tate Holton 55 prominent High Point furniture company officer and church worker died suddenly at 108 Brantley Circle shortly after 5 am. Born in Culpeper Virginia October 22 1894 he came to High Point in 1918 joined Continental Furniture. survived by wife Nell Morris daughter Mrs Don Wilson two sisters and others. funeral Thursday at 4 pm at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with Rev Arthur Kale officiating. Interment Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Tate Holton
High Point
Brantley Circle
Continental Furniture Company
Mr. Holton
Holton
Thomasville
Don K. Wilson
B. P. Williams
Culpeper
Della McBroom
Roanoke
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Arthur Kale
Oakwood Cemetery
Fall homemaking class opens at William Penn School
The fall homemaking adult class begins Thursday September 21 at 7 pm in the Home Economics department at William Penn School with Miss D. M. Parrish as instructor. The H P N and I meet Sunday September 24 at 4 pm at 627 E Washington St with Mrs. Oro Martin. The Progressive Past Daughter Rulers Council meets in Greensboro tonight instead of September 27. White Rose Chapter Order of the Eastern Star meets Thursday in Odd Fellows Hall at 7 pm. The joint service by Cherry Street and First Presbyterian churches is postponed with a new date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Penn School
D. M. Parrish
H.P.N
Oro Martin
E. Washington St
Progressive
Greensboro
E.S
Order of the Eastern Star
Odd Fellows Hall
Cherry Street Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Col Walter W Thomen resigns as Asheville council VP
Asheville Colonel Walter W Thomen announces resignation as executive vice president of the Asheville industrial promotion council a post held since February 1948. The resignation takes effect October 1 and he expects to be called to active Air Force reserve duty soon after.
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Asheville
Walter W. Thomen
Weather forecast from Friendship bureau predicts warmth
The Friendship weather bureau forecasts partly cloudy and warm conditions through tonight and Thursday. High near 85 degrees and a low around 65 degrees, matching last night’s minimum.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
City issues $45,000 in building permits
The city building inspector approved permits valued at about $45,000 for two new residences and an industrial plant addition. Hayworth Roll and Panel gets a three room masonry dry kiln at Grimes street. R. K. Stewart and Sons oversee a $20,000 project. G. G. Perry receives a six room frame house permit on Sunset for $17,000. Harold W. Ritch secures a five room frame house on West Lexington for $8,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayworth Roll and Panel Company
Grimes Street
G. G. Perry
Sunset
Harold W. Ritch
Lexington Avenue
Driver Sentenced After Multi-Car Crash On Main Street
George H. Pitts, 29, of Winston highway, received a 12 month road sentence and $561 in damages for two autos in a crash at Main and Howell. He pleaded guilty to hit and run and was given nine months suspended on $275 to Nelson and $286 to Stewart. Russell Wood, 49, was given 12 months for indecent exposure and 60 days for drunkenness.
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George H. Pitts
Winston Highway
Main
Howell
Pitts
Heniy Nelson
Clara Cox Apartments
Sarah Stewart
Lindsay Street
Nelson
Miss Stewart
Susie Sharp
Russell Wood
South Wrenn
VA Plans Early Distribution of GI Bill Subsistence Checks
The North Carolina VA region aims to speed subsistence checks for GI bill students after September enrollment. Treasury will set the deadline for October vouchers between October 6 and 13. Some students may get early checks October 1 while others receive them by October 15 and some only by November 1.
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Veterans Service
North Carolina Veterans Administration
U.S. Treasury Office
Richmond
City Transit wins bus service permit from council
City council approved City Transit to operate a bus route along East Lexington Avenue starting at Main and Washington. The plan awaits action from the State Utilities Commission before service begins. Herman Falk, president of City Transit, did not speak. attorney Ernest Wright presented the plan.
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City Transit Company
Lexington Avenue
Main
Washington Streets
State Utilities Commission
Herman Falk
Ernest
Wright
Washington Street
Sheraton Place
Wrenn
Washington
Centennial
Five Points
Duke Power Company
City Officials Dig Up Bucks
City Hall addressed off street parking shortages as officials used a rear Fire Station No 2 lot for drills. By noon parking tickets were paid by City Manager T. E. Hinson and City Planner Malcolm Little, with others expected.
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City Hall
College Holds First Assembly of Fall Term
High Point College welcomed students to the 1950 51 term with remarks from Mayor W F Bailey Samuel Hyman Rev A S Hale and Dr P E Lindley presiding. They noted serious times and discussed plans including dropping the honor roll for a Dean's List requiring a B average with no grade below C. Dean Hobart Ailred spoke and the program featured a musical presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Merchants Association
High Point Ministers Association
W. F. Bailey
Samuel Hyman
A. S. Hale
Hyman
Rev. Hale
P. E. Lindley
Dennis H. Cooke
C. R. Hinshaw
Hobart Ailred
Arrest in burglary murder of 83 year old shop owner
High Point police made an initial arrest in the burglary murder of James Turner an 83 year old drink stand operator killed after defending his Ward street shop. Detectives held a man for investigation but had not filed charges by noon. Turner died Sunday afternoon from head injuries after two assailants pried open his front door and a third waited in a car.
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High Point
James Turner
Turner
Ward Street
British Manufacturer Myers Hyman Dies After Card Win
Myers Hyman a 53 year old British textile maker died in Cannes shortly after winning 400000 francs from King Farouk of Egypt at cards. A doctor attributed the death to heart failure likely triggered by excitement.
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Cannes
France
Myers Hyman
Farouk
Egypt
Korean casualty list reports sixty two deaths
Washington reports 62 deaths in the Korean casualty list No. 100. In addition to those killed in action the department lists 307 wounded 14 injured and 15 missing in action. Wounded are hurt in action and injured in accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Defense
Department
Tito Hosts World Bank Aide at Yugoslav Luncheon
Premier Marshal Tito and top economic officials hosted Eugene Black director of the World Bank and his wife at a luncheon. Black is in Belgrade to assess Yugoslavia's request for a multi million dollar loan.
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Tito
BLACK
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Eugene Black
World Bank
Buck
Mayor Bailey and Former Mayors to Appear on Radio Quiz
Mayor W. F. Bailey and three former High Point mayors will join a radio quiz show titled Whats the U. S. to You? The program airs tomorrow night on WMFR at 7 30 and Friday morning on WHPE at 11 45. C A York Arnold Koonce and O Arthur Kirkman participate with quiz mistress Mrs James T Warren. The Provisional League of Women Voters hosts the event and invites High Point women to an open house at the YWCA Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Bailey
WMFR
WHPE
High Point
High Point Provisional League of Women Voters
James T. Warren
U. S
Bailey
C. A. York
Arnold Koonce
O. Arthur Kirkman
League of Women Voters
Provisional League
YWCA
Women of
Panther Grid Coach In Talk To Civitan Club
C Q Smith new coach at High Point college spoke at the Civitan luncheon in the Sheraton hotel. He outlined goals for the athletic program and urged the team to pursue excellence and avoid repeating errors. Awards were announced for Civitan membership drives and Ladies Night planned for October as a barn dance.
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Civitan Club
Sheraton
C. Q. Smith
High Point College
Holt Hunter
Smith
LeRoy Briggs
Civitans
Charles Risch
Ladies Night
American Woolen Hikes Wool Prices Again
The American Woolen company the world's largest woolen fabric maker raised prices by 45 to 60 cents a yard in New York on September 20. The 45 cent rise applied to men's and women's wear worsted and the 60 cent increase covered a few Puritan fancy worsteds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Woolen Company
Civilian Defense Ordinance Authorized by City Council
The city council adopted an ordinance creating a civilian defense council and authorized the mayor to appoint a director. The measure is effective immediately and mirrors home front units elsewhere. Mayor Bailey praised City Attorney Grover Jones and said the director’s name would be announced Thursday morning. The defense work is voluntary with no funds provision.
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W. F. Bailey
Grover
Bailey
Defense Council
Deaths and Funerals in Thomasville
Mildred Arrettia Morris 20 of Thomasville died at her parents home in Silver Valley after a period of illness. Survivors include her parents two sisters and a brother plus several half siblings and relatives. Funeral services were held at Clarksburg Methodist church with burial in the family plot.
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Thomasville
Mildred Arrettia Morris
Silver Valley
U. S. Highway
Miss Morris
William Lee
Leona Bartley Morris
Margaret Marie
Joy Gail Morris
William Morris, Jr
Cora Pierce
Nancy Hunt
Rt. 2
Essie Clodfelter
Rt. 3
Archie Morris
Lexington
Grace White
Rt. 6
Walker Funeral Home
Morris
Clarksburg Methodist Church
Church
Funeral services held for Odell Overcash
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at Green Street Baptist Church for Odell Overcash 60 retired grocer who died Sunday at his home 1115 East Green Street. Dr L B Reavis and Rev Paul Jones led the service with music by Argie Wood and Henry Whipple. Honorary pallbearers included Gilbert Clinard Robert Davis A Wade Morris J C Barker Dr E O Cummings C V Redding R G
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Odell Overcash
East Green Street
Green Street
Henry Whipple
First Presbyterian Church
Green Street Baptist Church
J. O. House
Gilbert Clinard
Robert Davis
A. Wade Morris
J. C. Barker
E. O. Cummings
C. V. Redding
R. G
Two New School Dental Trailers to Be Shown Here
Guilford county health department unveils two new dental trailers each with two complete units. Displayed tomorrow and Friday on Main Street and East Washington Street to inform the public about a planned school kids dental program serving about 32 000 children with on site visits to schools. Each trailer costs about 15000 from taxpayers and features X ray devices and dental chairs.
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Guilford County Health Department
High Point Branch
Loren Wallin
Main Street
East Washington Street
Dr. Wallin
Funeral services for Fate Campbell at Goodwill Baptist
Word lists 89 year old L. F. Fate Campbell who died at his daughter Mrs. O W McMichael Belews Creek Rt 1 will be held Thursday at 3 PM in Goodwill Baptist church. The body will lay in state 30 minutes before the service and burial follows in the church cemetery.
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L. F
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Prevatt Freeman
Funeral services for 44 year old Mrs Margaret Prevatt Freeman of 1440 North Hamilton Street will be held at Lebanon Methodist church Thursday after noon at 3 30 conducted by Rev O L Easter of Liberty and Rev J Neil Armstrong pastor of North Main Baptist. The body will be removed to the church at 3 p m Burial will be in
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Margaret Prevatt Freeman
North Hamilton Street
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Lebanon Methodist Church
O. L. Easter
Liberty
Lebanon
Thomasville Man Elmo Woodlief Dies After Illness
Elmo P Woodlief 44 of Thomasville died at his parents Archdale home at 1 55 am after a long illness Born July 2 1906 in Vance county he was sales manager for Davis Milling Co High Point A Rich Fork Baptist church member he married Mozelle Clinard on December 31 1945 Survived by parents six sisters and a brother Funeral at Rich Fork Baptist church Thursday at 3 30 pm with burial in the church cemetery
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Thomasville
Elmo P. Woodfief
J. P. Woodfief
Archdale
Vance County
John Plummer Woodlief
Annie Hight Woodlief
Woodlief
Davis Milling Company
High Point
Rich Fork
J. H. Clark
Earthquakes Recorded by Fordham Seismograph
Two moderate quakes were recorded yesterday by Fordham University seismograph. Prof. William Lynch reported the first event at 3:49:30 p.m. EST and the second at 3:51:42 p.m. EST, about 9,200 miles away likely in the South Pacific.
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New York
South Pacific
Fordham University
William Lynch
Murder convict jailed for four thousand dollar sum
Thieves attempted to break into Robert's Service station at 515 North Main last night, removing molding and breaking a glass. Jail orders convict from Sum of 4000 dollars. Marriage licenses listed for Joseph S. Duval and Sadie Jane Brendle and for George E. Lambden and Velia M. Johnson of Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Duval
Litchfield
Ore
Sadie Jane Brendle
Winston-Salem
George E. Lambden
Velia M. Johnson
Robert
North Main Street
Evidence In Hiatt Case Completes Testimony
John Frank Hiatt 50 faces manslaughter charges after the December 23 wreck that killed Alta Burchett 16 year old Grenoa bride to be. Trial in Superior court moves toward a jury with State and defense arguments completed and summation set.
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John Frank Hiatt
Monthieu Avenue
Grenoa
Murderer with 1946 school break-ins held on $4000 bond
Griffin Welch, 32, previously jailed for murder, was delivered to local custody after warrants from 1946 for breaking into four schools and stealing typewriters, tools, a radio, and food. He faced a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court with a tentative date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Jast
Griffin Welch
High Pointe Rt. 1
Goldsboro
Bay Street
Johnson Street
Ada Blair
Welch
Durham
Ray Street School
Ada Blair School
W. C. Johnson
Work Begins On Depository For Bill Payments
Workmen started installing a night depository for after hour utility bill payments at city hall. The unit will sit to the right of the main entrance in the wall of the collections department. City Collector Lee Wilson said the setup would take about three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collections Department
Lee Wilson
Sheriff Convicted of Drunken Driving in Bertie County
Sheriff Harry L. Smith of Bertie County was convicted of drunken driving and resisting arrest in Wayne county court. He was fined 150 dollars and appealed to superior court after his Aug. 20 arrest near Goldsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
Harry L. Smith
Bertie County
Wayne
Here
Mrs. Odie Underhill Dies in Morganton
Mrs. Odie Underhill, 66, longtime instructor at the North Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton, died after a brief illness. Her husband serves as vocational director at the school.
House passes subversives control bill on wartime internment
Washington reports the house approved a bill to register communists in peacetime and imprison potential spies and saboteurs during war, disregarding a possible presidential veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Hiatt Sons Deny Involvement In Father’s Death
The Hiatt sons said in their presence they had nothing to do with their father for some time and that they saw him a few hours before the accident and he was not intoxicated. Under North Carolina law manslaughter carries four months to twenty years. involuntary manslaughter is at the judge's discretion. A nine white man three colored jury heard the case.
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Hiatt
J. L. Yow
Billy
Robert
Alta Burchett
Sgt James Williams
Ft. Benning
Trinity
Route 1
Burchett
Boulevard Unit Hospital
Williams
L. G.myers
Myers
Wilkinson
Sgt. Williams
Weldon
Thurston
North Carolina
City Council Clears Contracts For City Equipment
City council approved bids for equipment including North Carolina Equipment Co three truck bodies at 1543.50 and Armco Drainage and Metal Products for metal pipe at 2165. Neill Motors offered multiple trucks with low totals, while E J Smith and Son and Burroughs Adding Machine Co. submitted high bids. Councilman Culler urged sharing reasons with low bidders in future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Equipment Company
Grey Concrete Company
Sparky’s Motorcycle Co
Armco Drainage and Metal Products, Inc
Horace G. Siderton, Inc
Neill Motors, Inc
E. J. Smith and Son
Toro
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
R. B. Culler
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. T. Holton
Thomen
R. K. Stewart and Sons
York
Koonce
Kirkman
College
Women Voters League
Panther
Arrettia Morris
L. F. Campbell
Margaret Freeman
Elmo Woodlief
City News Bricks
L. L. Wilkinson
South Main Street
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