Grass Fires Surge in High Point Endangering Homes
Fire Chief E K Ingram warned residents as grass, trash and wood fires spread across High Point. Today’s blazes drew crews from scattered stations, risking protection of homes, stores and factories. Read updates on Veneer Company veneer pile, Oistery Company damage, and multiple grass and woods fires across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Ingram
High Point
Anet Ingram
Ose
Old Veneer Company
Randleman Oistery Company
Silk Street
Rece Street
Kelly Odam
West Burton
Kivett Drive
Grey Wall
Willowbrook
West High Streets
Funeral Rites For Mrs Lilla Vansant Bodie
Funeral services for Mrs Lilla Vansant Bodie 71 who died at home 711 Sunset Drive will be conducted Monday at 2 PM from Emmanuel Lutheran with Dr F L Conrad and Dr J L Morgan officiating. Interment follows at Union Church Dome near Salisbury. Body returns to home Sunday at 11 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilla Vansant Bodie
Sunset Drive
Emmanuel Lutheran
F. L. Conrad
J. L. Morgan
Union Church Dome
Salisbury
Large Crowd Expected At Dance Tonight
A large crowd is expected to attend the Red Cross dance at the Armory tonight. Proceeds go to the Red Cross fund with all sponsors donating time and services. The event runs from 9 to 12, and tickets are available at multiple local drug stores and eateries.
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Red Cross
Armory
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross Fund
James M. Harris
Enterprise
State Guard Armory
Rhythm Masters Orchestra
C. A. Ring's Drug Store
Cecil’s Drug Store
Mann's Drug Store No
High Point Music Supply Co
Princess Cafe
Eagle Sandwich Shop
Mrs J B Church Succumbs At Home
Julia Bolling Church 83 widow of W J Church died at her 922 Gurley Street home after a week long illness. Born Guilford County May 26 1859 she married Dec 25 1882. Survived by two sons Roy and Wyatt Church of High Point one daughter Viola Church two sisters and many grandchildren great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 3 30 p m at Wyatt W Church Archdale with interment Oakwood Cemetery. Returned to home tonight at 7 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Bolling Church
W. J. Church
Gurley Street
Church
Guilford County
John M
Jane Welch Bolling
Southside Baptist Church
Roy D. Church
Wyatt W. Church
High Point
Viola Church
W. P. Gordon
Sallie Bolling
Charles Bolling
Linnie Giles
Archdale
W. H. Barker
O. L. Ruth
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Oakwood
Five Thousand Dollar Damage Suit Against Clover Brand Dairies
Frances Saintsing filed a $5,000 lawsuit in High Point Municipal Court against Clover Brand Dairies alleging the buttermilk contained steel wool or a similar substance. She says she swallowed it, suffered pain, paid medical bills, and lost money and time. She claims negligence in manufacturing and handling and notes other customers found similar substances in milk delivery.
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Frances Saintsing Today
High Point Municipal Court
Clover Brand Dairies
Building Permits Totals 835 Dollars Issued
Fire Chief E. K. Ingram announced permits totaling 835 dollars to Mrs. Alice Widden 318 W Burton 47 for roof repair J T Curlee 802 E Greer 30 for chicken house F E Groves 25 for a woodhouse addition 803 Tryon J S Green 275 for Class A roof 817 S Main Simthdeal Realty Co agent for Class C roof 377 1110 Blair and A Coke Cecil 80 for roofing a dwelling 601 Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Ingram
Alice Widden
W. Burton
J. T. Curlee
E. Greer
F. E. Groves
Tryon
J. S. Green
S. Main
Simthdeal Realty Co
Blair
A. Coke Cecil
Kennedy
Driver license revoked after drunken driving charges
The State Highway Safety Division announced that B. P. Prevatt had his driving license revoked following action by the Thomasville Recorder's court on drunken driving charges. This was the only revocation reported from the immediate area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Safety Division
B. P. Prevatt
Thomasville Recorder's Court
Chrome mining in Bear Tooth range aids wartime steel needs
AP reports hard rock miners in Custer National Forest Montana extract concentrated chromite from the Mount and Benbow mines high in the Bear Tooth range. Working in deep snow, they feed ore to aerial plants for Anaconda operations readying ferrochromium for steel and chemical uses.
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Custer National Forest
Mont
Rocky Mountain
Russia
Rhodesia
Turkey
New Caledonia
Philippines
Tooth Range
Mount
Benbow
U. S
Casual Comment On American Political Parties And Pullman
An article notes the evolution of U S political parties from Federalists to Republicans and Democrats, mentions Lincoln, Tilden, and Roosevelt, and cites party names while pondering a future Labor party. It also recounts George Pullman's Pullman car name origin and Pullman’s life from New York to Chicago.
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Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Hamilton
Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Lincoln
Virginia
Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherton Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Cleveland
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D
Williard Purchases More Cows For Dairy
C H Williard general manager of the Lindale Dairy plans to return midweek from Waukesha Wisconsin after two weeks buying two car loads of cows. This brings Lindale total to 75 dairy cows brought into High Point milkshed since last November. G A Covington assistant manager notes no local milk shortage but a shortage in North Carolina as producers serve armed forces and regular customers amid Greensboro army camp expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Williard
Lindale Dairy
Waukesha
Wisconsin
High Point
G. A. Covington
North Carolina
Greensboro
The Sleep Coach Pioneer and the Pullman Town Story
The piece traces George Pullman's rise from conceiving a sleeping coach in 1863 to building the Pioneer car and forming the Pullman Palace Car Company in 1867. It notes his liberal per cent contracts, the 1880 town south of Chicago, the 1889 incorporation under Chicago, the 1894 strike with federal troops, and the shift toward speed with streamlined trains.
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Pioneer
Pullman Palace Car Company
Pullman
Chicago
Cleveland
Pullman Company
Second War Loan Drive Will Be Crucial Test For Americans
High Point residents face a decisive drive from April 12 as A M Utley urges nationwide bonds sales to raise 13 billion dollars. He argues precious funds must flow from ordinary citizens to back war efforts, combat inflation, and secure a stable postwar future. The appeal stresses patriotism, monetary discipline, and the need to invest loose cash into government securities to support troops and national security.
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High Point
A. M. Utley
United States Treasury
Utley
United Nations
Avis
Germany
Thomasville Variety Show draws large local turnout
Special to The Enterprise reports a strong attendance at a Thomasville High School gym variety show. Elementary and high school bands directed by Gerald M. Bryant performed, followed by gymnastics and a boxing exhibition between Daffod Styers and Robbie Bailey, which ended in a draw. A separate note describes four 16 year olds causing a power transformer blackout at a Salt Lake City junior high play with about 500 spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Thomasville
Gerald M. Bryant
Daffod Styers
Robbie Bailey
Salt Lake City
Thomasville Man Convicted In Non Support Case
Thomasville on April 3, Pete Heitman was convicted of non support of an illegitimate child and sentenced to six months, suspended if he pays a $50 hospital bill, $10 monthly to the mother, court costs, and posts $200 bond. Notice of appeal to the superior court set bond at $300. Willis Turner was found guilty of assault on a female and sentenced to six months, suspended on payment of a $10 fine and costs and two years good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Pete Heitman
Carl Wilson
Willis Turner
WEEKLY CHURCH DIRECTORY AND SERVICE SCHEDULES
A detailed church list presents service times for many congregations including FIRST BAPTIST with sermons on Jacob's Night At Jabbok, ST MARK METHODIST, CALVARY BAPTIST, and more. It also notes military families and personnel connected to local churches, with several on furlough or stationed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
W. F. Elliott
J. J Wilson
Jabbok
ST Mark
W. S. McLeod
Calvary Baptist
J. E. Melton
Pilgrim
J. B. Jones
Eddie Padgett
P. m. C. E. Society
Mace James
MT. Vernon
F. O. Bass
Ulysses Harris
Christ the King Church
Father Bernardine
S.A
Father Justin
Cherry ST. Presbyterian
A. W. Waddell
C. W. Robinson
Bethel Holiness
Bishop Mingo
Temple Memorial Baptist
F. R. Mason
Gethsemane Baptist
W. H. Hall
Brooks Memorial
L. M. Mayfield
G. H. Cress
R. F. McCallum
Winston District
Hedrick on 15 day furlough visits High Point
S/Sgt. Arthur Odell Hedrick, brother of Mrs. Katherine Ferguson of 829 West Green Street, is visiting friends in High Point during a 15 day furlough. He is among the service personnel featured in the men and women in service column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Odell Hedrick
Katherine Ferguson
West Green Street
High Point
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Parker - Brown Lumber CD
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Manville
Siceloff Ice & Fuel CO
E. High St
Central
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
J. B. Church
Dairy
Victory Coal Co
Anaconda Eee Peepany
W. A. Bivins
George Mortimer Pullman
Chautauqua County
New York
Erie Canal
Williard
Henry Harley Arnold
Army Air Forces
Wright
Arnold
Thum
Nassau
Hempstead
Wright Brothers
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Fess
Alaska
Gladwyn
West Point
Panama Canal Zone
T’ville
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Yokely
Emmanuel Baptist
D. D. Mason
ST. Luke's Lutheran
J. Ernest Shufelt
Lewis R. Ross
Lutheran College
Beulah Tabernacle
N. F. Bright
Friendship Baptist
S. M. Frazier
Bible Tabernacle Seventh Day Adventists
E. E. Cleveland
OAK Grove Christian
C. T. Harvey
ST. Paul Holiness
O. C. Crone
Frank Spain
Sunshine Band
Mrs. Williams
Mars Hill Holiness
John W. Smith
Gertrude Balfore
Asheboro
Burt Rucker
B. S. Siler
Nicks
Ola Mary W Nicks
E. C. Nicks
Council Street
WAAC
Fort Oglethrope
Monticello
Ark
India
Tom Winslow
Sam
Pvt
Winslow
United States Army
New York City
Joseph R. Penland
E. M. Penland
Pearson Drive
Army Air Forces Technical Training Com
Lowry Field
Colo
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Clemson University
James C. Horney
Camp Maxey
Texas
McLeod
James M. McLeod
Vernon McLeod
Arbordale
Brigham City
Utah
William Henry Bell
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
E. C. Bell
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Alx. Stephens
Nora L. Stephens
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Fort Washington, Md
Wade Hampton
Ridgecrest
Shiloh Baptist Church
A. S. Townsend
Shaw Grove Baptist Randleman
N. C
J. M. Kennedy
W. HB. Fox
ST. Stephens A.M.E. Zion
C. W. Lawrence
Edith Jett
Mamie Smith
A. C. E. League
ST. Matthew C.m.le
W. N. Williams
Bethlehem Baptist
J. B. Mason
Hedrick
Tire Company
West High ST
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