New City Ticket Emerges In High Point Politics
Democratic faction filed an entirely new but incomplete city ticket led by N. L. Garner, insurance man. Filing occurred at 11 55 p m five minutes before deadline as Leroy Briggs submitted a nine candidate executive committee list. only six names were confirmed on Garner ticket. Names linked include Dave T. Yow, W. J. Bennett, Roscoe Sowers, Argie Wood, J. E. Ward amid a five member committee chaired by Briggs with other potential backers and dark horse supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
N. L. Garner
Leroy Briggs
Municipal Board of Elections
Ben L Herman
Garner
Dave T. Yow
W. J. Bennett
Roscoe Sowers
Argie Wood
J. E. Ward
Briggs
Logan Porter
J. F. Jones
D. D. Arden
Byron Haworth
Joe Hoffman
WLB Hearing On H P Plants Here Thursday
War Labor Board schedule near High Point furniture firms Tate, Ala Desk and Myrtle Desk will hear wage, job classification and union security claims tomorrow at 10 in room 212 C at the Post Office. The three member panel will conduct the proceedings, with Lewis and Dr. M A Lackey listed as ward representatives. A local political scene note follows with candidates and party lines shaping the city council race, including departures and independent bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Labor Board
AFL Furniture Workers
High Point Furniture
Tate
Ala Desk
Myrtle Desk
Seidman
Ross
Hitler
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
American Legion
Willie Helms
Concord
High Point
Highland Cotton Mill
Helms
Charlotte
J. B. Fink
Pilot Furniture Company
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
D. A. Dowdy
Second Ward
Kiwanis and Elks
First Methodist Church
More File As Candidates For Coming Election
Roy Briggs, presiding officer at a stormy Democratic mass meeting, says a committee persuaded nine men to run as Democratic candidates for the upcoming primary. The Garner ticket names N. L. Garner for mayor and Yow, Sowers, Ward, Wood, and others from wards one through four. Independent and Republican contenders include D. A. Dowdy and J. E. Ward among officials in High Point, with profiles detailing residency, church membership, and civic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Briggs
Logan Porter
J. F. Jones
D. D. Arden
Byron Haworth
Joe Hoffman
Democratic Rtg
Garner
N. L. Garner
High Point
Municipal Candidates Slate by Ward and Party
Complete list of filed municipal candidates by ward with party affiliations and organizations noted. Includes 3rd and 4th Ward entries for Argie oon J. E. Ward Bi Office Dem Ex Com Republican Citizen's and mayoral lines for N. L. Garner Arnold Kov tz R. H. Sechrest plus 1st Ward 2nd Ward and candidates such as Dave Yow J J Corrigan Dr J G Groome Dr M A Lackey J R Willis Curtis Smithdeal W J Bennett John H Kalte Horace Ilderton Roscoe Sowers M F Crooks W L Hunt J H Teague C P Evans W R Grant Frank Ogburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Groome
Sechrest
Enterprise
J. G. Groome
Ferrer Withdrayvs
L. F. Ferree
Koonce
Ferree
Dave Stanton
D. A. Dowdy
Second Ward
J. B. Fink
Willie Helms
Third Ward
Arnold Koonce
First
J. J. Corrigan
J. R. Willis
John N. Kalte
M. F. Crooks
S. D. Clapp
J. A. Sloop
R. M. Campbell
A. G. Burchfield
Jim Groome
Curtis Smithdeal
Horace Siderton
W. L. Hunt
C. A
Republican Citizen's
N. L. Garner
Arnold Kov
R. H. Sechrest
Dave Yow
M. A. Lackey
J. R. Willis Curtis Smithdeal
W. J. Bennett
John H. Kalte
Horace Ilderton
Roscoe Sowers
J. H. Teague
C. P. Evans
W. R. Grant
Frank Ogburn
Annual YMCA Membership Drive Opens
Beginning today and for seven days the YMCA launches its annual membership drive led by J. J. Corrigan. The 20th anniversary drive aims for 600 members including 100 business men 200 young industrial men and 400 younger boys with volunteers to mentor the youth through a wholesome city program.
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YMCA
J. J. Corrigan
Corrigan
Chairman Predicts Bright War Loan Drive for High Point
A. M. Utley, chairman of the Victory Fund Committee in High Point, said this morning the drive will meet its quota within 24 hours and be announced then. Citizens Service Committee members assist with soliciting using the block plan as households respond by converting discretionary spending on unavailable electric appliances into War Bonds.
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A. M. Utley
Victory Fund Committee
High Point
Utley
Citizens Service
Citizens Service Corps
Utaley
Soldier Arrested At Smithfield Driving Car Stolen In H P
High Point police went to Smithfield to investigate the arrest of a soldier driving a car reported stolen in High Point last night. Mrs Bertha Rice of 609 Richardson Street reported the theft describing a black Chevrolet sedan left unlocked in her driveway. Sheriff K L Rose of Johnson County wired that he had arrested a soldier driving drunk and identified the stolen car by papers in it. the soldier’s name was not learned.
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High Point
Smithfield
Bertha Rice
Richardson Street
K. L. Rose
Johnson County
Rice
Three Year Sentence In Vice Case At High Point
William C. Rutledge 24 of Charlotte received a three year term in High Point Municipal Court on prostitution immoral vagrancy and occupying a room for immoral purposes. He and Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Garrison were arrested at the Sherman Motel after hotel officials called police. Garrison got 12 months for immoral vagrancy occupying a room for immoral purposes and falsely registering. Mrs. Gladys Behrens received four months for immoral vagrancy and falsely registering as they traveled through Salisbury and Winston-Salem after leaving Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Rutledge
Charlotte
High Point
Rutledge
Sheraton
Gladys Behrens
Martha Elizabeth Garrison
Garrison
Superior Court
Salisbury
Winston-Salem
Behrens
Norfolk
Sheraton Hotel Denies Raid as Police Round Up
Manager W G Malone said the three arrestees at the Sheraton Monday night were not part of a raid. He noted the hotel staff called police when conduct violated hotel policy. Police chief Friddie said 14 arrests occurred recently as officers swept small rooming houses inns and hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheraton
W. G. Malone
W. G Friddie
Malone
Former High Pointer Emmett J. Shepard Dies in Washington
Emmett J. Shepard of Washington D C former High Point resident died after a four year illness. Born February 21 1875 to William M. and Mary Josephine Shepard he lived in Washington since 1903 after Guilford College education and North Carolina youth. He is survived by brothers E A Shepard and W L Shepard of Hitchcock Texas and sisters Mrs E E Hayworth of High Point and Mrs J Tildon Hedrick of Lexington. Funeral services will be held in Washington Thursday at two o'clock with Arlington Va family plot interment to follow.
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Emmett J. Shepard
Washington
D. C
High Point
Shepard
Guilford College
William M
Mary Josephine Shepard
E. A. Shepard
W. L. Shepard
Hitchcock
Tex
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Democratic
Bennett
Sowers
Wood
Ward
WLB
H. P
Andrew Jackson
WOW
Junior Order
Odd Fellows, Masons, Shrine, Ellis and
Parks and Juvenile Commission
Roscoe W. Sowers
University of North Carolina
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
South Main Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Fourth Ward
Ward Street
Methodist Church
Green Street
Netherlands Indies
U. S
C. A. Lewis
Jd. B. Fink
A. Dowdy
Roscoe Lowers
Aspiri
Nat Walker
Walgreen
Siceloff
ICE & Fuel CO
ROYAL
F. High St
Dak Deb Eae Finance Company
North Pole
Antarctic
Doggett
Thomasville
City Shoe Shop
Berlin
Tunisia
Hedgecock Lumber CO
Argie Oon
J. D. Ross
O.H. Doggett
H. C. Simmons
Martha Garrison
Wood’s Seeds
Perry
Manderville
Kine
West End Drug Store
Credit Jewelers
S. Main ST
Sheraton Hotel
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
High Pointer
Victory Coal Co
Notary Soner
Parker - Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
Tire Company
West High ST
W. C. Brown
North Wrenn Stree
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