GOP No Primary As Dowdy And Stanton Withdraw
The Republican party faces the May 4 city election with no primary after D A Dowdy and Dave Stanton withdrew their names. A pre registration GOP mass meeting at the County Building confirmed party harmony with twelve original nominees in attendance and Arnold J. Koonce stressing a clean, civic pride driven campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Dowdy
Dave Stanton
Dowdy
Stanton
Dowdy and Stanton
GOP
Arnold J. Koonce
Koonce
Republican Party
Husband in South Africa Sends V Letter Home
Mrs. Neal H. Hughes of this city reports a V letter from her husband Pvt. Hughes of the United States Army stating he is now located in South Africa with the armed forces. He has served six years and was recently at Fort Bragg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal H. Hughes
Pvt. Hughes
United States Army
South Africa
Fort Bragg
Herman Urges High Pointers To Register
Ben Herman chairman of the Municipal Board of Elections urges High Point residents to register for the May 4 election. Registrars will be at polling places all day Saturday and also at homes during the week. The primary is April 20 with books reopening April 21. Polling sites and registrar addresses are listed for precincts 1 through 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Herman
Municipal Board of Elections Today
High Point
Herman
Arpil
Total Teetotaling Industrial Alcohol Output Forecast
In 1943 beverage care expects to produce about 2 million gallons of industrial alcohol. It is now used entirely for smokeless powder synthetic rubber chemical warfare and other non beverage purposes.
YWCA Launches Full Program for High Point Girls
The YWCA begins its annual membership drive from April 19 to 24 and promotes a business and professional girls program. It runs three business girls clubs feeding the council, rotates officers every six months, and offers personal guidance, educational topics, and leadership training. Community service projects include scholarships, Red Cross service, milk fund donations, and war stamp sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Business Girls’ Council
High Point
John Crowder Wins Service Award At High Point High
John Crowder, senior athlete at High Point High School, received the National Honor Society Service award in the spring induction. Leigh Rodenbough presided and challenged underclassmen to strive for scholastic achievement. Crowder co captained Black Bison football basketball and baseball teams this year and has held offices in NHS and the Beta Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Flagler
John Crowder
High Point High School
High Point High School Honor Society
Jeanette Friddle
Faye Burrows
John McFarland
Lucille Culler
Charles Carroll
Edna Hoggard
Fred Swartzberg
Barbara Lynn
Mildred Ridge
Junius Idol
Edna Ferree
Bill Smith
Brandis Leonard
Gilbert Gray
Jack Dillard
Gilbert Furgurson
Jimmie Bulla
Helen Ershler
Ellen Stirewall
Nelle Humphreys
Janet Russell
Nelle McCain
Ester Ferree
Bill Voss
Robert Williard
Fritzie Raymond
Lawrence Matton
Leigh Rodenbough
Mary Elizabeth Barton
Arta Pearl Hiatt
Rebekah Conrad
Black Bison
Victory Tax Payments Due By April 30
The first quarterly return of Victory Tax covering withholding for the three months ended March 31, 1943, must be filed by April. Submit to the Collector of Internal Revenue with the remittance for total Victory Tax withheld. Form V-1 is a remittance advice requiring only employer name, address, quarter end date, and total tax. Details of employees are required on forms V-2 and V-3 due January 31, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collector of Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revnue
Treasury Department
OPA Price Analyst To Speak At Mass Meeting Tonight
C. M. Simpson, price analyst of the Charlotte OPA, will address a public mass meeting in High Point at the county building at 7 30 tonight. Sponsored by CIO AFL unions and local plants, the talk covers food prices and rationing. The group urges housewives and workers to join in lowering prices while supporting higher wages and to report hoarding and black markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Simpson
Charlotte
OPA
High Point
Simpson
CIO
AFL
Salvation Army Extends Services to Soldiers in City
Major Vernon Carter announces Salvation Army post in the city will provide free facilities for visiting soldiers this weekend. The offer includes sleeping accommodations hot showers and recreational facilities. Police Chief Friddle and the force assist by distributing placards in public buildings with directions for visiting servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Vernon Carter
Carter
W. G. Friddle
Aviation Cadets At College Put On Review Sun
Army Aviation Cadets of High Point College, aided by Greensboro Drum and Bugle Corps, will stage a dress parade and review Sunday at 4 o clock for students and the public. Cadets begin flight instructions this week with ten hours of training weekly at the Greensboro High Point airport. Lt. Robert Whitlock of Maxwell Field arrives to be administrative officer, and Lt. Louis Olsman, medical officer, returns to Shaw Field Sumter South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Aviation Cadets
High Point College
Drum and Bugle Corps of
Greensboro
Greensboro-High Point
Robert Whitlock
Maxwell Field
Louis Olsman
Shaw Field
Sumter
S. C
Scout Regional Chief Visits Uwharrie Council
Herbert Stuckey deputy regional executive of region six in the Boy Scouts of America visits the Uwharrie Boy Scout council. A North Carolina native, he oversees the Scout district covering North and South Carolina and helped form the East Carolina Council in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Stuckey
Boy Scouts of America
Uwharrie Boy Scout Council
Stuckey
North
South Carolina
East Carolina
Council of the Boy Scouts
Service Will Be Held For Mrs. Robert Skeen
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert Skeen who died at her home in the Flint Hill Community Randolph County will be conducted at Popular Ridge Friends Church Saturday at three oclock. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the services and interment will follow in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Thomasville
Robert Skeen
Flint Hill
Randolph County
Popular Ridge Friends Church
Sale Of War Bonds Totals Near One Million Dollars
A. M. Utley, chairman of the High Point War Finance Committee, reported that for the first four days of the new drive war bond sales reached 904243.50 dollars. Momentum grew after High Point set a 2,500,000 dollar goal, with 34118.50 dollars sold yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Utley
High Point War Finance Committee
High Point
Ship fenders guard hulls during collisions
A ship uses variously built fenders that encircle the hull to shield the vessel from damage in the event of impacts during docking or collision scenarios.
City Receives Safety Plaque From National Body
Police Chief W G Friddie today hung a National Safety Council plaque in his office honoring High Point for an honorable mention in the 1942 National Traffic Safety Contest. This is the second such award, the first in 1936, with High Point leading North Carolina cities in 1942 for the fewest fatal accidents and ranking high among similarly sized cities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Friddie
National Safety Council
High Point
Riddle
North Carolina
R M Pressnell Taken By Death
R M Presnell 67 died at his daughter's home on Richland Avenue after a stroke in Randolph County and months of illness. Surviving are wife Susan Moore Presnell three daughters two sons 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. The body will be returned Friday afternoon and funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 at the daughter's residence with interment in Springfield Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Presnell
M. L. Best
Richland Avenue
Mr. Presnell
Randolph County
Mack
Louisa Presnell
Susan Moore Presnell
R. E. Benge
C. H. Hedrick
Baltimore
W. H. Presnell
Blackie
Robert Presnell
Star
E. W. Jones
Providence Wesleyan Methodist Church
O. L. Ruth
First Pilgrim Holiness Church
Springfield Cemetery
Trio Of Youths Bound Over On E. J. Swanson Killing Charge
In High Point Municipal Court three youths John E. Messer Elmer H. Biggs Jr and William Biggs waived preliminary hearing on a charge of slaying Jamestown storekeeper E J Swanson February 19 Their trial was set for April 26 in Guilford Superior Court Greensboe They remained in county jail with confessed slaying details noted by Sheriff Story Other cases included Louise Everhart fined for property damage and Carl Williams held for Guilford County grand jury Monday April 19
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
John E. Messer
Elmer H. Biggs, Jr
William Biggs
E. J. Swanson
Jamestown
Guilford
Greensie
John C. Story
Story
Biggs Brothers
Sandy Ridge
Stokes County
Young Messer
Swanson
Washington, D. C
Lynch
Louise Everhart
South Main Street
Bambalis
Presto Lynch
D. C. MacRae
Carl Williams
Mangum Avenue
Charles Leonard
West Green Street
MacRae
Guilford County Superior Court
Sowers Withdraws From Race For Demos Ballot April 20
Municipal Elections Chairman Ben Herman announced Roscoe W. Sowers has officially withdrawn as a Democratic council candidate from the second ward on the Garner ticket and will not appear on the April 20 ballot. Bennett and Lackey remain on the ballot. Democrats list 19 council candidates and two mayoral hopefuls. Republicans show Dowdy and Stanton withdrawals with no GOP primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowers
Bennett
Lackey
Demos
Municipal Elections
Ben Herman
Roscoe W. Sowers
Garner
W. J. Bennett
Dr. H. A. Lackey
Herman
D. A. Dowdy
Dave Stanton
Dowdy
Stanton
R. H. Sechrest
Norman L. Garner
J. G. Groome
David T. Yow
J. D. Ross
M. A. Lackey
Curtis Smithdeal
H. G. Ilderton
J. B. Fink
Herbert W. Simmons
Permit Issued for Repainting at 300 Barker Street
Fire Chief E. K. Ingram issued a building permit to R. W. Halstead for repainting a dwelling at 300 Barker Street. The cost was listed as 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Ingram
R. W. Halstead
Barker Street
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Nat Walker
Walgreen
Sideloff Ice & Fuel CO
Wood
S. E. Hauser & CO
Wrenn Street
Ferry
Manderville
Kine
West End
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
Ardmore Circle
Elm Street
Ray Street
County Building
High Point College Library
E. Green
Woodrow Ave
Tryon St
Cloverdale School
Oak Hill School
Armory
Princess Cafe
B & P Girls of
Victory
Marguerite Koontz
Lexington
Grace Alexander
Martinsville
Dorothy Lee Usher
Toledo
Ohio
Dee Taussig
New York City
Sun
Uwharrie Council
National
R. M. Pressnell
Sherwin-Williams Paints
High Point Hardware CO
S. Main
Pouwade
Victory Coal Co
Parker - Brown
Oak Street
Ruby
S. Main Sit
Tire Company
West High ST
Willie Helms
City Ca
Third Ward
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