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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1943
Page
5
Lebanon Methodist Church holds an Easter Floral Service honoring memory of loved ones with about 80 potted plants. An Easter cantata at 11 am and a 7 30 pm service follow a day of recorded music and quiet reflection for attendees.
Commissioned pilot William W. Lentz Jr son of Westwood residents earns wings and a lieutenant's commission at Ellington Field Texas after training at Kelly Harmon and Randolph Fields. James R Varner from Franklin Street earns private first class grade at Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi. Private James R Stewart of Route One ill at Fort Jackson South Carolina Infantry Division. Grade crossing accidents slow trains totaling about 22 hours delay daily across the area.
Easter Sunday Holy Masses set for 9 and 11 o clock with the 11 o clock High Mass honoring the Resurrection. St. Edward's Choir directed by Clark will perform Pietro Von's Mass. Processional Christus Vincit by Carolo Rosini, violin solo by Mrs. T C Kirkman. Regina Coeli and Panis Angelicus sung by Clark during Communion. Organ by Mrs. T R Sullivan.
Local High Point businesses contributed cigarets for war relief totaling 167 600. Quality Shoe Store and Clodfelter Motor Lines sent 20 000 cigarets each, Belk Stevens 20 000, Adams Millis 127 600 to troops in North Africa Guadalcanal New Guinea and other Pacific areas. War Bond appeal closes the item.
After the war truck bodies will look much the same but use lighter metals. Magnesium and aluminum plus high grade secondary aluminum will reduce weight and increase payload capacity.
A fragment notes the Ash Fort Dam in Johnson County Arizona, built in 1898, as a candidate for the world’s first steel dam. It hints at an historical link or comparison to the early steel dam era during late 19th century American dam development.
Thomasville reports Walter W. Rapp, Davidson County bond chairman, announced about 1.25 million dollars in war bonds sold since the second drive began. Of that total 450,000 was sold in Thomasville and 600,000 in Lexington with the rest county and state wide. He urged more participation especially in FE bonds and predicted sales would top 1.5 million before the drive ends.
Lima Peru now hosts 160 motion picture theatres reflecting growth in entertainment capacity. The number marks a milestone for local cinema venues serving residents and visitors.
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