Elsie the Cow Lights Up North Main in High Point Tale
Around and About notes Elsie the Cow in lights on North Main Street and explains how the Borden ad icon came to High Point. The column also covers the Methodist Conference moving Paul Hardin Jr to Birmingham and the Community Chest planning a $104 170 drive with 18 colonels and nine Red Feather agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie the Cow
Methodist Conference
North Main Street
Paul Hardin, Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Community Chest
Elsie
Borden Company
Gibson
Borden
Walter Comfort
Mid-South
High Point
Brant Snavely
Snavely
T. V. Rocelle
T. Lynwood Smith
W. C. Sheloff
George Davis
Tom Evans
Paul Owens
Chest
Owens
Red Feather
Boy Scouts
Family Service Bureau
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Red
Horse Dies on Hepler Farm After 36 Years of Service
A 36 year old horse raised by Harrison C. Hepler on Route 3 dies after a long life on the farm. The colt was nourished from milk and eggs after its dam died when it was 16 days old, later joining the regular diet as a mature horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hepler Farm
Harrison C. Hepler
Route 3
Hepler
High Point Community Chest Chooses 18 Directors for 1949 Campaign
The High Point Community Chest announces an 18 member slate to direct the 1949 campaign for 1950 Red Feather services. Board members include Mrs Earl Phillips Tom J Kearns H E B Hutton Samuel Shavitz C T Ingram Jr W F Mauldin W B Hall Dr M Allred Charles Mendenhall Jack Cecil Jack Burris Dr Ralph Gurley M Z Perkinson B E Burford Claude Canady Wray Ward Kenneth Goodson and Ralph Sechrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Z. Perkinson
Perkinson’s Jewelry Co
Samuel Shavitz
S. Main
W. B. Hall, Jr
Moore
Ndenhall
Kenneth Goodson
First Methodist Church
Community Chest
High Point Community Chest
Redfeather Services
Earl Phillips
Tom J. Kearns
H. E B. Hutton
C. T. Ingram, Jr
W. F. Mauldin
W. B. Hall
Carrier Boys To Make Trip Next Friday
Plans for the second annual observance of North Carolina Newspaper Boy Day call for a sightseeing trip to Raleigh on Friday September 30. Charles F Moester of Winston Salem chairs the committee shaping the program and Governor W Kerr Scott urges all citizens to join the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newspaper Boy Committee
Mid-Atlantic Circulation Managers Association
North Carolina
Raleigh
Charles F. Moester
Winston- Salem
W. Kerr Scott
High Point Teacher Load at Record Low
Superintendent Charles F. Carroll says High Point schools have the lowest average teacher load in history. He notes stable wartime population and no sudden influx of students, contrasting with communities facing facility strains and postwar crowding pressures. Carroll warns of no immediate overcrowding despite rising birth rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Charles F. Carroll
North Carolina
Carroll
Salvation Army Weekly Schedule Issued by Captain Sheppard
The Salvation Army unit released a weekly schedule with activities led by Capt. Olvy Sheppard. Highlights include prayer meetings Sunday 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. sermons on "God's Presence" and "Where Will You Spend Eternity?" plus youth, open air, and band rehearsals through Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Olvy Sheppard
Capt
Sheppard
Salvation and Praise
Ladies Home League
Corps
Young People's Legion
Thomasville
Rotarians Seek Books for Europe Aid Drive
High Point Rotarians ask residents to donate used books and wholesome magazines for distribution to European war torn areas. Howard R. Pancoast leads the effort to re educate Europeans and support democratic ideals through United States publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Rotary Club of
Europe
Howard R. Pancoast
United States
New Lutheran Minister To Arrive In High Point Thursday
Rev. Harry D. Hawthorne, recently called to Emmanuel Lutheran church, will arrive with Mrs. Hawthorne Thursday. He will lead his first service Sunday morning October 2. He previously served Beth-Eden Lutheran in Newton since January 1, 1945 and graduated from Lancaster Boys High School in 1937 and Lenoir-Rhyne College in 1941. He studied at Lutheran Theological Seminary and was ordained July 11, 1943. He and his wife Alice Josephine Whitener, a 1943 Lenoir-Rhyne graduate, plan to settle in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Hawthrone
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
FP. L. Conrad
North Carolina Lutheran Synod
High Point
Hawthorne
Beth-Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church
Newton
Lancaster Boys’ High School
Lancaster
Lenoir- Rhyne College
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Columbia
S. C
United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina
Chicago
Alice Josephine Whitener
Hickory
Remember 1929 bank consolidation and wartime raids in North Carolina
Headlines recall a 1929 plan to form a 60 million investment trust and merge 16 North Carolina banks with 16 New York banks, totaling a billion dollars. A Greensboro officer was shot during a liquor raid, while League of Nations delegates hailed progress in Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
New York
High Point
Berger
Greensboro
High Point Road
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Geneva
League
Len Howell
R-Neb
Hoover
Machinery Display in Greensboro by Scott and Williams
Faucette vice president of Scott and Williams announces a special exhibition of automatic knitting machines for men’s half-hose and slacks women’s and children’s anklets and infant anklets. The event runs in the Bellemeade room at the O Henry Hotel Greensboro from September 9 to October 1, daily 10:02 a.m. to 6 p.m. Manufacturers in the Carolinas and Virginia are invited.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward Y. Mitchell
Greenville
Durham
Kannapolis
Elkin
Mt. Airy
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Reidsville
Asheboro
Robbins
Draper
Comfort
Shield Boys Club
YMCA
Carl Chavis Ymca
YWCA
Mary Bethunen
Ralph Gurley
Vintage Furniture Co
Kearns and Son
Carolina Container Co
Finance and Utilities
C. M. Allred
Security National Bank
W. F. Mauldin, Inc
Ralph Sechrest
N. Main St
I. E. Hutto Sears, Roebuck
Rockford Road
Claude Canady
Fire Department
S. E. Burford
William Penn High School
Harry D, Hawthorne
Carrier Boys
Harry Hendros
Zep
Ruhr
Department of Justice
Senate
Washington
Carthage
Aberdeen
Germany
Friendrichshafen
Bie
Haardt
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