Vuncannon Leads Pack No 13 Cub Scouts at Welch Memorial
C F Vuncannon, noted city Boy Scout leader, serves as Cubmaster of Pack No 13 at Welch Memorial Church now entering its second year. The group, organized February 1944 under S L Rodenbough, has nine registered Cubs with potential to expand to 100 if more mothers join as den mothers.
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Welch Memorial Church
Scouting Ram
Odell Brown
Scoutingrogram
S. L. Rodenbough
F. D. Connally
G. W.reenway
O. W. Brown
E. C
Welch Memorial
Green Street Baptist Fish Fry Friday Evening
The Young Adult department hosts a fish fry at City Lake Friday at 7 o clock. All members their wives husbands and sweethearts are urged to attend. Transportation will be provided from the church at 6 30 for those needing it.
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Green Street
Doan's Pills for Kidney Backache Relief
Many suffer nagging backache and tired feeling from kidneys not filtering waste. Doan's Pills offer relief by flushing poisons from blood and easing discomfort. trusted for over 40 years and sold by druggists.
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Nature
Doan
Fisq
Idney
War Loan Payroll Savings Leaders To Meet Friday
Payroll savings plant chairmen and leaders from the industrial division of Seventh Street convene Friday at 3 PM to coordinate efforts and push E bond sales. Speaker 1st Lieut Olin King Jr of San Antonio has served in Sicily Normandy and northern France earning the silver star and combat infantryman badge.
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Seventh Street
Olin King, Jr
San Antonio
Texas
Europe
Sicily
Normandy
St. Lo
North Africa
Fort Benning
King
Troina
Colleville-sur-Mer
France
M. F. McNeill
Payroll Savings Industrial Division
Jack H. Thomas
Elliot Wood
Lillian Massey
W. F. Robinette
McNeill
Mr. McNeill
Miss Payne Reported In Critical State
Miss Mil dred Payne of Trinity is described as in critical condition at High Point Memorial Hospital after an automobile she helped push from a mudhole rolled onto her. She suffered a broken back a broken jaw and possible internal injuries. She rode with Sherman Reddick of the Railway Express Company and was brought to the hospital by ambulance.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Mildred Payne
Trinity
Miss Payne
Sherman Reddick
Railway Express Company
Rex Payne
Greensboro Girl Held For Parents
Louise Minor a 15 year old of Edgeville Greensboro was taken into custody by city police after running away for about a week. She had been living with relatives in High Point and said conditions at home prompted her departure. She is being held awaiting arrival of her parents to return her to Greensboro.
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Louise Minor
Edgeville
Greensboro
Miss Minor
High Point
Ice Cream Machine to Serve Troops in Remote Areas
A 40 gallon ice cream machine will produce fresh ice cream for American troops stationed in jungles and other remote locations improving morale and snack options in isolated posts.
Woman Doubles Donation to High Point Memorial Hospital Drive
A local woman rejected a $100 quota for the High Point Memorial hospital drive and doubled her pledge amid city hospital fund efforts. Adams-Millis plant contributors and a visiting government sock inspector also added sizable gifts to the $750,000 hospital building plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Memorial Hospital
Adams-Millis Corporation
Radios Needed At Camp Butner Urgently
Mrs. Frank W. Wall chair of the High Point Red Cross camp and hospital committee reports an urgent appeal for radios in any condition. The Camp Butner education reconditioning program includes a radio repair school and pickups will be arranged. Citizens are urged to bring or call for collection.
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Frank W. Wall
American Red Cross
High Point
Special Services
Camp Butner
Red Cross
City collection drive aims for house to house clothing haul
With 11 days left to meet a foreign relief clothing quota, the committee schedules a city wide canvass for Sunday April 22. Eighteen trucks from local plants will meet at 1:15 PM and begin pickups at 1:30 PM, with Jaycees and M C A volunteers assisting.
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Lee Schaner
Chamber of Commerce
H.P.T. and
Schaner
Boy Scouts
J. W. VanLoan
Henry J. Kaiser
United National Clothing Collection
Franklin Jane More
Congress On Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
On Premises Wine Sale Limited to 23 Local Establishments
J. B. Dobson announced that on premises wine sales will be restricted in High Point to 23 grade A restaurants cafes and hotels rated 90 or better by the state health department. Health officials will provide the list to the local revenue office and licenses will be issued after verification. The rule takes effect May 1 as amended by the 1945 general assembly beverage control laws.
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High Point
State Department of Revenue
J. B. Dobson
State Health Department
Local Revenue Office
Dobson
General Assembly
Pfc Carter Hoffman Allen Killed In Action On Iwo Jima
Pfc Carter Hoffman Allen son of Mr and Mrs T R Allen of 502 Fourth street was killed in action on Iwo Jima March 6 1945 according to a war department message. He attended Hi Point senior high School class of 1942 worked at Allen Sign Company before enlisting April 1943. He trained at San Diego then joined marine paratroopers before serving in the Fifth Marine Division. Survived by parents a sister Frances and brother Jim plus relatives. Memorial services pending arrangements not yet complete.
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Pfc
Carter Hoffman Allen
T. R. Allen
Fourth Street
Iwo Jima
War Department
Allen
Hi Point
Allen Sign Company
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Marine Paratroopers Corps
Hawaian Islands
Guam
Fifth Combat Marine Division
Frances Allen
Jim Allen
Tom Allen, Jr
Camp Butner
Robert H. Allen
Rhode Island
H. F. Hoffman
High Point
Red Cross Home Service Aids 2300 Here Since 1944
The local Red Cross home service office reports aiding over 2300 active and ex servicemen and families since October 1944. J J Corrigan notes a growing need and explains six volunteers completed a 64 hour civilian service corps course to assist.
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Home Service
The
American Red Cross
J. J. Corrigan
Red Cross
Civie
Melvina Martin
Permit Issued For Repairs To Manse
City inspector issued building permits for repairs totaling 1 000 dollars to the Presbyterian manse with additional permits for H J Austin 514 Mangum street 543 dollars W F Crouch 502 Denny street 250 dollars Charlie Young 305 Steele street 250 dollars and Dr J G Groome 203 Edgedale 75 dollars Readings note rainfall ranges from less than 20 inches to about 500 inches in the Hawaiian islands.
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Presbyterian Manse
H. J. Austin
Mangum Street
W. F. Crouch
Denny Street
Charlie Young
Steele Street
J. G. Groome
Edgedale
Hawaiian Islands
Hospitals Seen as Key to Attracting Industry in High Point
Chamber of Commerce secretary Frank J. Sizemore notes that 95 percent of inquiries about permanent community location ask about hospitals, schools, and churches. A hospital supplier cites three essential community legs, arguing that strong facilities help lure manufacturing and commerce to High Point.
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Frank J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Sizemore
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point
Mr. Size
Executives Club Closes Membership in High Point
Frank J. Sizemore announced the High Point Executives club is complete with 150 members. The club will host its first meeting April 30 in the Sheraton ballroom at 6 30 p.m. Guest speaker Robert Bellaire, former Tokyo bureau chief for United Press, will discuss Can We Win the Peace. Ballots will be mailed for nine director elections and policies will be adopted.
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Frank J. Sizemore
High Point Executives Club
Sizemore
Sheraton Ballroom
Robert Bellaire
Tokyo
United Press
Pearl Harbor
Eg. E. Schlotz
Associated Clubs
Schlotz
Mississippi
Trial Of Beck Defendants May Begin Tuesday
Witnesses in the murder and conspiracy trial of seven defendants charged in a June 9 incident near Greensboro report to Superior court. Lacy Salmon Henry Hadie Agner and Clarence Norris face murder counts and are jailed. four others are charged as accessories after the fact with Gibson Carroll Thompson Bennett held on bonds.
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Bob Beck
Greensboro
Beck
Lacy Salmon
Henry Hadie Agner
Clarence Norris
Guilford County
Hugh Gibson
Herbert Carroll
Sam H. Thompson
Armone Bennett
Negroes Set Reports for Hospital Drive Friday Night
Workers in the Negro division of the hospital fund drive will make their initial reports Friday night at Hairlip Funeral home on East Washington street, announced Rev. W. S. McLeod, divisional chairman.
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Hospital Fund Drive
Hairlip Funeral
East Washington Street
Primary Not Necessary Doggett Ellison Out
Oscar H. Doggett was disqualified as a Republican mayoral candidate and Ed Ellison withdrew from the fourth ward race, removing the need for an April 24 primary and leaving the May 8 city election to regular party tickets chosen by executives. The board cited Doggett’s registration change from Democrat to Republican prior to filing, with a 2-1 vote against him.
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Oscar H. Doggett
Ed Ellison
Fourth Ward
City Board of Elections
Doggett
Ben Herman
L. H. Baker
Ralph Slate
B. W. Hackney
Atorney
Ellison
Republican Executive Committee
Ane
W. L. Edwards
South Main Street
Edwards
Herman
Elections Board
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USMCR
Charles T. Davis
East
Russell Street
Naval Hospital
Pensacola
Fla
Davis
W. P. Mull
USN
U. S. Navy
Vuncannon
F. Vuncannon
Aru
War Loan
Junior Chamber
C. H. Allen
Carter H. Allen
Home Service Unit
Executives Club
Folks
Earl N. Phillips
Amos R. Kearns
Sanc
Defs
Dallas
W. L. Hunt
LeRoy Briggs
O. A. Kirkman
C. A. Lewis
J. E. Ward
W. R. Grant
Arnold J
A. Coke Cecil
W. McEwen
Grady Morton
M. F. Crooks
J. A. Sloop
Ellis Blakely
C. F. Hayes
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Wagger’s
Dunhill
Elwood Hotel
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