High Point Ranks Eighth in North Carolina Construction
Federal Reserve data show High Point eighth in total building for August 1950 among nine cities, with Salisbury below. August totals across NC reached 12,780,429 dollars, eight months 1950 totaled 76,342,877 dollars, up from 44,942,837 a year earlier.
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High Point
Federal Reserve Bank
Salisbury
Rocky Mount
Asheville
Charlotte
Durham
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
North Carolina
DeMolay Elects New Leaders For Six Months
High Point chapter DeMolay elected new officers Lloyd Nance as master councilor Bill Green senior councilor Clayton Crawford junior councilor and Judson Ruth treasurer for a six month term at a regular meeting in the Masonic Temple Green reported on the cerebral palsy campaign and plans were finalized for the club dance at the Rainbow Supper Club this Friday.
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High Point Lhnapter DeMolay
Orider
Masonic Temple
Lloyd Nance
Bill Green
Clayton Crawford
Niar
Judson Ruth
Green
Rainbow Supper Club
Jaycees Plan Scrap Paper Drive Next Sunday
Jaycee Scrap Paper Drive Chairman Jack Walker urged Thomasville residents to conserve old paper and bundle it for collection in front of their homes by noon next Sunday. Jaycees will canvass the city Sunday afternoon to pick up the paper.
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Thomasville
Jaycee
Jack Walker
Jaycees
Gospel Four Quartet to Perform at Trinity High School
Archdale Trinity Lions club members will present the Gospel Four Quartet in a program at Trinity High School Friday night at 8 o'clock. Catholic Men's Club meets tonight at Immaculate Heart of Mary hall on Montley avenue at o'clock to discuss tomorrow social and other business. The first four of nine new police cars were delivered today by Lyles Chevrolet. No judgment yet in Dolph Snider case. he pleaded nolo contendere to charges related to a 15-year-old. Roland Stanley Louise Rathbone, Frank Hanes Jr Jane Tomlinson receive marriage licenses. Several civil actions seek absolute divorces on separation grounds.
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Gospel Four
Archdale-Trinity Lions Club
Trinity High School
Catholic Men’s Club
Lyles Chevrolet Company
Superior Court
Susie Sharp
Greensboro
Dolph M. Snider
Trinity
Route 1
Snider
Nolo Contendro
Roland Stanley
Louise Rathbone
Winston-Salem
Frank Hanes, Jr
Walkertown
Jane Bentley Tomlinson
High Point
Drop Shoplifting Case Against Mrs. Herman
A shoplifting charge against Mrs. Ben Herman of 605 West Farriss Avenue High Point was not pressed in Municipal County court in Greensboro. The case, alleged September 5 involving a $5.98 blouse from Meyer's Department store, was dropped on the Solicitor E D Kuykendall's recommendation.
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Greensboro
Ben Herman
West Farriss Avenue
High Point
Meyer
E. D. Kuykendall
Weather forecast from Friendship bureau calls for clouds and light rain
Considerable cloudiness with little temperature change and occasional light rain expected. Tonight's low should be about 12 degrees above last night's 43. Today's high was forecast at 79.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
Carnival Worker Cited After Tractor Trailer Crash
Police cited Dale Cummings of Pomona California for reckless driving after his tractor trailer struck J. P. Gardner of 1703 Franklin Street on Centennial avenue. Gardner’s car sustained $35 in damage, while the tractor incurred none.
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Centennial Avenue
Dale Cummings
Pomona
Calif
J. P. Gardner
Franklin Street
Cummings
Gardner
Red Feather Kids Feature Civitan Meeting at Sheraton
Arnold Koonce Jr. spoke for the Red Feather Kids at the Civitan club gathering, praising the group's work. Secretary Jim Smith of the High Point Community Chest introduced youth reps from Girl Scouts YWCA YMCA Salvation Army and Family Service Bureau.
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Arnold Koonce, Jr
Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Red Feather Kids
Koonce
Jim Smith
High Point Community Chest
Stevie Slate
Girl Scouts
Judy Callahan
Y.W.C.A
Louella Kidd
Jerry Barnes
Y. M.C.A
Harold Hinson
Salvation Army
Barry Osborne
Boy Scouts
Paul Tudor Jones
Charlie Risch
Tommy Johnson
John Brockmann
Joe Cole
Mr. X
Mr. N
H. Norwood Bowne
Holt Hunter
Dr Deskins to Speak at St Marys Church Series
Dr Stuart C Deskins head of history at High Point College will present The Medieval Commonwealth to St Marys Episcopal Church groups. He will address Saint Elizabeths Auxiliary at noon October 2 and St Annes at 8:00 p m the same day. A dinner for the Men’s Club on October 16 at 6 15 p m completes the series as the first lecture in a church history study series at St Marys.
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Stuart C. Deskins
High Point College
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Saint Elizabeth's Auxiliary
St Anne's
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Deskins
Embezzlement Charge Against High Point Man
A 31 year old High Point man was jailed on embezzlement charges and released on 500 dollar bond. Jack W Peace of 305 West Point avenue is accused by Spur Distributing’s E R King of embezzling 94 76 around September 19. Trial set for this afternoon in Municipal court.
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High Point
Jack W. Peace
West Point Avenue
E. R. King
Spur Distributing Company
Barbers Plan Meeting on Haircut Price Hike
High Point barbers meet tomorrow to decide future haircut costs. The Master Barbers of North Carolina chapter weighs rising prices after Burlington raised fees from 75 cents to a dollar and other towns consider increases. A spokesman said majority vote will govern local plans.
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High Point
Master Barbers of
North Carolina
Burlington
Deskins and Hobart to lecture on international relations
Deskins and Dr George Hobart head the department of business administration will present ten lectures on International Relations from October 5 to December 7. Topics include YALTA Potsdam North Atlantic Pact Korea United Nations power resources socialism excess population and universal peace with dates and locations at YWCA and Y building.
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Stuart C. Deskins
High Point College
George Hobart
Department of Business Administration
YWCA
Deskins
Yalta
Berlin
United States
Korea
THE
United Nations
Hobart
Izvestia Attacks Yugoslav Leader Over UN Speech
The Soviet paper Izvestia slammed Yugoslav Foreign Minister Edvard Kardelj for lying and slander after his UN General Assembly address. Kardelj accused the bloc of border provocations and spy activity, while Izvestia accused him of sycophancy to the United States to justify aggression in Korea.
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Moscow
Izvestia
Russia
Edvard Kardelj
Soviet Union
United Nations General Assembly
Kardelj
Yugoslavia
United States
Korea
Missing Eunice Morton Sought By Police
Local police asked to locate Eunice Morton of 911 South Main Street who has been missing since yesterday morning after she left home to report for work at the Princess Cafe. Authorities request anyone with information to contact them.
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Eunice Morton
South Main Street
Princess Cafe
Two Men Given Thirty Day Sentences for Loafing at Bus Station
Municipal court handed sentences to two men for loafing at the bus station and to others for drunkenness and related offenses. Thomas E. McBride and Robert C. McCabe received thirty days. J. E. Warner, 52, was sent to the county farm for intoxication. Additional cases included Floyd Barbee, E. B. Lynch, George Tarbush, Thearis Wade, and others with varied penalties and suspensions.
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Thomas E. McBride
South
Hamilton
Robert C. McCabe
Graham
J. E. Warner
Smith
Floyd Barbee
Jamestown
E. B. Lynch
Phillip
West End
George Tarbush
Five Points
Thearis Wade
Daniel Brooks
D. C. MacRae
Wade
Bessie Haley
Wayne H. Walker
Burlington
Wayne Saunders
Herbert D. Wood
Clara Cox
Benney Wallace
Adams
Rowland W. Beane
William M. Spence
Bernard J. Papson
Lee A. Lanier
East Washington
Morris C. Benton
Parkersburg
Newlan
A. Roberts
William P Henry Durham Tobacconist Dies at 85
William Patrick Henry a prominent Durham tobacconist died after a lengthy illness. He entered the tobacco industry in 1880 with Washington Duke and Sons and later founded the W P Henry Tobacco Company. He served on the tobacco board of trade and the Durham board of Aldermen and held one unexpired term as mayor. Survivors include his widow Julia Crews Henry three daughters Mrs Arthur Ligon Mrs Bernard Manning and Mrs J Shields Harvey and two grandsons William Séeman and J Shields Harvey Jr.
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William P. Henry
Durham
William Patrick Henry
Henry
Washington Duke and Sons Tobacco Company
W. P. Henry Tobacco Company
Tobacco Board of Trade
Durham Board of Aldermen
Julia Crews Henry
Arthur Ligon
Bernard Manning
Spartanburg
S. C
J. Shields Harvey
William Séeman
J. Shields Harvey, Jr
One Man From High Point Fails To Report for Induction
Sixty men were summoned for Army induction today. fifty eight reported at the One Post Office building for a bus ride to Fayetteville and then a training post. The group, the first inducted from High Point and area since 1949, received candy and gum from the VFW auxiliary before departing. age range was 22 to 25, with one man failing to show up.
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Fayetteville
High Point
VFW
Selective Service
Local Man Burgess Leonard Sells 40 Copies of Victory Pass
Officials at Straughan's book shop report 40 copies sold of Victory Pass by Burgess Leonard after it went on sale yesterday in town. The local author’s work attracted steady interest from readers today.
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Straughan
Burgess Leonard
Bead Necklace Weights Highlight Seminole Women
The piece notes Seminole Indian women often wear 40 to 50 strings of beads weighing about 20 pounds. It cites the Britannica on catfish hearing and lists the UN’s five official languages. It also mentions coal burning requires 12 pounds of air per pound of coal and that misfiring in auto engines can stem from loose breaker point contact.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
The
Fire damages home on Leonard Street
A fire of unknown origin damaged an upholstered chair and burned the floor at 1630 Leonard Street late this morning. Firemen said a chair in Otis Robinson’s residence caught fire and burned through the floor before crews extinguished it. A Brentwood apartments false alarm triggered fire companies at 12 32 p.m. yesterday.
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Leonard Street
Otis ‘Robinson
Brentwood Apartments
Thomasville Cotillion Club elects new officers
In Thomasville at City Hall yesterday afternoon the Cotillion club elected Wint Capel as president succeeding Kermit Cloniger. Frank File was named vice president Linville Clemmon secretary Raymond Yokely treasurer and Delk Mendenhall Hammett Cecil Jr and R. C. Jenkins elected as directors. Future dance plans will be set soon.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Cotillion Club
Wint Capel
Kermit Cloniger
Frank File
Linville Clemmon
Raymond Yokely
Delk Mendenhall
Hammett Cecil, Jr
R. C. Jenkins
Union Beaten In Election At Thomasville Plant
Thomasville Furniture Corp workers voted 126 against and 104 for AFL Upholsterers Union in a National Labor Relations Board election. About 46 did not vote. The firm employs about 276 production workers. A year must pass before another vote can be held to decide on union representation.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Furniture Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
A.f.l.’S
Former city employee charged in copper wire theft
A warrant was issued for Ralph Reddick 2200 Edgewood avenue on a charge of stealing 228 dollars worth of copper wire from the city garage. Police say part of the wire was recovered and Reddick had been discharged as a city garage mechanic earlier. He allegedly drove into the garage yards September 18 to place several hundred pounds of wire on a truck.
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Ralph Reddick
Edgewood Avenue
Reddick
City
Public Utilities Department
Grimes Street
Union Hosiery Mills Meet On 8 Percent Pay Increase
A meeting of boarders, members of the A F L United Textile Workers, was held to discuss an 8 percent wage increase offered by Crown Hosiery Mills and other mills. The proposal, agreed after three sessions since September 18, awaits union member approval before taking effect and a firm date was not announced.
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A. F. of L. United Textile Workers of America
Crown Hosiery Mills
Kenneth M. Brim
Crown Hosiery Mills, Inc
United Textile Workers of America, A. F. of L
High Point
Norman ‘Johnson
Ben Hull
Sherman Robinson
Hugh McCrimmon
Kenneth Brim
Greensboro
Adams-Millis Corporation
Amos Hosiery Mills
Harriss-Covington
Guilford
Melrose
O. E. Kearns & Son
Slane Hosiery Mills
Triangle Hosiery Company
Silver Knit
Inflation and dollar value under scrutiny by voters
The commentary argues inflation will rise due to federal spending and war costs, urging Washington to cut non defense spending, coordinate military buying, and raise savings bond rates. It warns against eroding purchasing power and notes proposed 3 percent or higher bond yields and extended interest on maturities.
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Washington
Community Chest Y program in Negro community
Arthur Alexander cites lack of awareness as reason for low contributions to the Community Chest and Red Feather agencies. Carl Chavis YMCA plans to increase adult involvement while detailing 1950 campaign needs about 10 thousand dollars per agency to support youth programs reaching 3,500 youths and numerous activities.
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Chest
Red Feather
Arthur Alexander
Arthur
Carl Chavis Ymca
Charles Whitaker
YMCA
Whitaker
High Point
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Etta M. Sherwood
Roy M. Sherwood
Kathleen Ray Brevins
Delmas G. Blevins
Rhonda F. Hill
Lester D. Hill
Herman
Civitan Meet
High Point Man
Double Brass
Sunnyvale
Cal
INS
Uncle Sam
Charles A. Stewart
Beamon Street
Robert E. Hauser
Woodrow Avenue
Gilbert A. Gray
Lindsay Street
Cotillion Club
Union
Leslie Gould
London Zoo
Jimmy Lovelace
O. H. Rierson
Romelle Hylton
Gladys Hall
Albert Hale
Venetia Wilcox
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