High Point Seeks Safety Award Honor Friday Event
City of High Point plans a safety meeting Friday night April 30 at the Junior High School auditorium where Dr Albert Coats will deliver the keynote. The program includes Major John Armstrong and Ronald Hocutt as speakers, with Mayor Kirkman to accept a National Safety Council honorable mention for 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Coats
Institute of Government At
Chapel Hill
Coats
National Safety Council
O. Arthur Kirkman
Hocutt
John Armstrong
State Highway Patrol
Ronald Hocutt
W. G. Friddie
Iddle
Friddle
Oats
Kirkman
Friddie
High Point
City School Orchestras To Offer Annual Concert
Five city school orchestras under director Virginia Frank will present a Friday evening program on April 29 with about two hundred musicians aged eight to eighteen. Elementary schools and the senior high school will be represented as all-city beginners with seventy-five players join the program alongside the Senior High Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Lowe
Jane Roach
Virginia Frank
Ass Frank
Frank
Moose Officers Installed Tuesday Night
At a meeting to be held Tuesday night at 8 o clock in the Moose Hall on North Main Street W Peele will be installed as governor of the local Loyal Order Moose Dr C D Thompson will be installing officer Tonight will install the following officers in addition to the governor for governor J H Therrell late J O Poindexter treasurer D F Lopp trustee J S Forward Sergeant at arms Vandick inner guard J H Rich son outer guard George Henderson delegate to general convention Dr C D Thompson alternates H Way Russell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oose
Bible Lecture Series Set At Local Churches
Beginning Thursday April 29 a series of Bible lectures will be held at the First Presbyterian and Wesley Memorial Churches. Dr F Crossley Morgan of the First Presbyterian Church of Concord will conduct the services. Morning classes at Wesley Memorial Church 9 30 each day and night services at 8 at the Presbyterian Church. Morgan, an Englishman, has devoted years to Bible teaching across denominations, with morning Psalms studies and evening sermons on the life of Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian
Wesley Memorial
F. Crossley Morgan
Tor
First Presbyterian Church of Concord
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Morgan
Jesus
Retailers Extend Date For Price Ceiling Calculations
The final date for retailers to calculate price ceilings on food under regulation 238 is extended from May 3 to May 20. Calculations will be kept on file in stores as ceiling price lists. Wholesalers must report ceiling prices to the board by May 13.
Funeral Rites for Mrs Dora Bell Sink Held at Zion Reform Church
Funeral services for Mrs Dora Bell Sink who died at her Route Two home will be conducted Monday at 11 am at Zion Reform Church by Rev W C Lyerly. Interment follows in the church cemetery. Survived by husband J B Sink two sisters Mrs J L Sink and Mrs J L Kennedy Route Two one brother Asbery Cecil and mother Mrs Jahue Cecil Route Three. Sink was widely known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Bell Sink
Route Two
Zion Reform Church
W. C. Lyerly
Jahue Cecil
Route Three
Sink
Citizens urged to take TB test in nationwide battle
The Junior Service League and City Health Department in High Point sponsor a national TB campaign with local free x ray examinations. Officials urge all residents to get tested as TB, though curable, can be detected early with x rays and health cards for household workers. The note mentions Major Grover C. Furr Jr. being promoted in the U S Army Air Corps and his wartime posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Service League of
High Point
City Health Department
United States
Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen
Horsemeat Brought Under Maximum Price Rules by OPA
Officials in Charlotte announce that horsemeat is now covered by maximum price ceilings under regulation 367. The order, effective April 20, sets specific price limits for horsemeat sold for human and animal food at slaughterer, wholesale, and retail levels, aligning it with beef veal and lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Garden Contest Entrants May Get Blanks At Stores
Registration blanks for the American Business Club Victory Garden contest will be available in many local stores starting Tuesday April 27. Window cards will mark eligible stores and clerks will fill out registrations in store. A new division now handles Victory Gardeners with gardens from 2501 to 5000 square feet. those gardeners may register. More than 6000 blanks were distributed through city schools last week. the blank printed in the Enterprise may be used. Mail to American Business Club Victory Garden Committee P O Box 310 High Point with 50 cents in coin or war savings stamps. Name, Address, Location of garden, Size of garden in square feet, Years of gardening experience, Tel No.
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American Business Club
The
Business Club
Enterprise
Victory Garden Committee
P. O
High Point
Overseas Bound Packages Must Be Properly Wrapped
Postmaster S C Clark urged senders of overseas parcels to wrap and address carefully. Damaged packages sent for military personnel overseas are causing expense and embarrassment at embarkation ports. Clerks will verify packaging before parcels are accepted for mailing to ensure safe transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Clark
Clark
Postal Department
Library Closed All Day Easter Monday
City librarian Nancy K. Poston announced the library will be closed for Easter and Easter Monday. Books due Monday may be returned Tuesday with no fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy K. Poston
Registration Deadline Set At Midnight On Tuesday
Registration closes midnight Tuesday for the May 4 municipal election. Republicans and Democrats urged late registrants to visit or contact registrars at home through April 27. Registrars and home addresses are listed for each precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Elections Committee
Ben Herman
Fletcher Welch
Ardmore Circle
Joe Davis
Howell
C. S. Murphy
N. Hamilton St
J. F. Hart
Willowbrook St
W. J. Bennett
Fourth
J. L. Lawson
Cable
C. O. Brown
Mangrum
J. R. Moss
Lexington Ave
Florence Farr
Chandler
Grey Brown
E. Green
J. B. Sharpe
Boarding Houses Must File Price Lists Under New Ceiling
The rationing board in Atlanta announced that all boarding houses and eating places must list meals and file prices under the Office of Price Administration ceiling order effective Monday April 26. Proprieties must report prices charged and list all meals for the seven day period with separate ceilings for breakfast lunch and dinner. Notices were mailed inviting filings by May 1 but only 12 establishments had filed by yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Atlanta
Civilian Defense Offices Closed for Easter Monday
The Office of Civilian Defense will be closed Easter Monday both day and night. Sector and zone leaders of the Citizens Service Corps are asked to deliver War Bond funds to the office. It will reopen on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Defense
Citizens Service Corps
Camp Uwharrie To Open 19th Year June 27
Camp Uwharrie begins its 19th year on June 27, hosting four one week sessions for 100 Boy Scouts each. Uwharrie Council camping committee members include J E Millis George Dobbins R B Carpenter Woodrow McKay Norman Ingle and E C Morris. Plans for Camp Sapona for senior Scouts and Camp Carlson for Negro Scouts will be discussed May 10 under Field Executive R W Garrison who will direct the camp and attend a directors training school in Augusta Georgia. Weekly courts of honor are slated for Friday nights with visiting days limited to Friday afternoons and evenings. Families may bring picnics for children during visiting times.
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Uwharrie
Uwharrie Council
J. E. Millis
George Dobbins
R. B. Carpenter
Woodrow McKay
Norman Ingle
E. C. Morris
Camp Sapona
Carlson
R. W. Garrison
Augusta
High Point Plans Buy of Flying Fortress Named City
The city will launch Monday under the Merchants Association and War Finance Committee to purchase a Flying Fortress to bear the name The City of High Point. The notice includes an image of the fortress and its estimated cost, with prices for other warplanes also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF
High Point
Merchants Association
YMCA Training Boosts Morale Of Fighting Forces
Letters from service members on every front praise the High Point YMCA for training that keeps them fit and better prepared for Uncle Sam's armed forces. Hartley cites Marines, lieutenants, and other veterans who credit YMCA programs with baths, swims, volleyball, and morale, urging continued memberships to support troops.
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Edgar Hartley
YMCA
High Point
Uncle Sam
Army
Navy
Hartley
Gilbert Burns
United States Marines
Harlan Reid
Bill Hayes
Dave Miller
Ph. Neese Willard, Jr
Nannie
Masons Plan Charter Night Banquet With Address by Dr Caldwell
Dr Wallace E Caldwell grand steward of the North Carolina AFAM will give the principal address at the second anniversary charter night banquet at the Masonic Temple on April 29 at 8 pm The topic is The Wages of Masonry A. B Goetze district deputy grand master will be installed by James W Payne grand master James T Tucker former Acacia Lodge master assists Goetze and is secretary of the district deputy grand masters association Also attending will be Thomas Kepley president of the district deputy grand masters association The article notes past grand master Dr Charles P Eldridge will be mentioned with related charter history
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Wallace E. Caldwell
Grand Lodge of North Carolina
AFAM
Masonic Temple
Caldwell
University of North Carolina
James W. Payne
Salisbury
Raleigh
A. B. Goetze
Goetze
Acacia Lodge
James T. Tucker
Thomas
Merchants To Lead Campaign For High Point Bomber
High Point merchants and the War Finance Committee announced a bond sales push to fund a flying fortress to be named The City of High Point. The plan, approved by the Merchants Association, aims to oversubscribe the local quota and help finance a bomber squadron for Guilford County with a total cost of 4.2 million dollars. Local leaders expect strong merchant support to boost public involvement and bolster county wartime production.
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High Point Merchants’ Association
A. M. Utley
High Point War Finance Committee
High Point
United States Treasury Department
Guilford County
Greensboro
Utley
W. H. Andrews, Jr
Merchants’ Association
George L. Rankin
Guilford Countii
Post And Auxiliary Committees Appointed For State VFW Convention
Post and Auxiliary committees on arrangements for the state VFW convention here June 12-13 have been announced. The event honors World War II service members, with headquarters at the Sherman Hotel and plans for a complete local names listing. Notable committees include General, Guest, Welcome, Program, Housing, Memorial, Registration, Decoration, Gifts and Flowers, Banquet, and Gold Star Mothers, with multiple posts and auxiliaries represented.
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VFW
State Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W
Sheraton Hotel
T. C. Potts
Ruby Snyder
C. F E. Stuart
J. W. McMahon
J. P. Walker
L. S. Whitaker
A. C. Ingram
G. H. Ingram
G. H. Jones
D. C. MacRae
Oscar Smith
Ella Grant
Sallie Graham
Millie Cecil
Inez Shipwash
A. B. Frost
J. C. Willis
Earl Cecil
M. S. Nunn
J. F. Jones
W. B. Hall
F. C. Burney
Frankie Greer
Ollie High
Connie Sugg
Chatta Harvis
Annie Jones
R. K. Young
J. R. Graham
Post
Eva Weant
Estelle Lackey
Pauline Causby
Ann Whitaker
C. F. Suttenfield
R. G. Weant
W. W. Raper
R. S. Suggs
Ruby Burney
Curtie Potts
Roxie Stuart
Lillian Suttenfield
W. J. Grant
P. R. Archer
A. F. Edwards
J. M. Hobbs
Irene Chandler Pierce
Florence Kearns
May Mikle
Local Graduates of Military Training and Training Camp Arrival
Paul L. Younts son of Mrs Helen D. Younts of 300 Thurston Street graduates from the AAF flexible gunnery school at Fort Myers Florida among leading members of his class. Russell Moore Payne 18 son of Mr and Mrs A Lee Payne Route Two arrives at Camp Wolters Texas for infantry basic training. Thomas E. Hicks son of Mr and Mrs T E Hicks 1706 East Commerce Street graduates as an expert mechanic from RAF technical training command at Keesler Field Mississippi.
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Younts
Paul L. Younts
Helen D. Younts
Thurston Street
AAF
Fort Myers
Fla
Eee
CASS
Russell Moore Payne
A. Lee Payne
Camp Wolters
Texas
Marsh graduates from Keesler Field as airplane mechanic
Pfc. Carson R. Marsh son of Mrs. Katie Marsh 516 West Green Street graduated from Keesler Field Mississippi as an airplane mechanic after completing a 17 week course of special training.
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Marsh
Keesler
Pfc
Carson R. Marsh
Katie Marsh
West Green Street
Keesler Field
Miss
Stewart Stone Jr Receives Induction Papers for Army Training
Stewart Stone Jr a former employee of Sechrest Funeral Home received his induction papers and will report Monday April 25 to the U S Army Officers Training School at Camp Lee Va for entry into military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Stone, Jr
Sechrest Funeral Home
U. S. Army Officers’ Training School
Camp Lee
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Flying Fortress
UNC
City School Orchestras
D. B. Sink
Waterbury
Conn
Furr
Grover C. Furr, Jr
G. C. Furr
Colonial Drive
U. S. Army Air Corps
N. C. State College
Air Corps
Randolph Field
Kelly Field
Africa
OPA
Masons
Russell Payne
Stone
Officers’ School
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