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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1944
Page
10
Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce discussed an outing set for May 11. They announced that state Jaycees president J Robert Abernathy will visit High Point soon. A Lexington yd project and local training programs were also noted.
J. P. Richardson, director of High Point Memorial Hospital, resigns to become superintendent of Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. He will remain until July 1 if needed and moves with Mrs Richardson and their infant son to Charlotte. The board praised his work and accepted the resignation with regret.
Chaplain Revere Beasley of Maxwell Field Alabama visiting the 326th college training detachment at High Point College will address members at B Nai Israel synagogue this evening at 8 50 o clock.
Product note describes air dust drops in each housing to help breathing and claims immediate relief. Caution urges use only as directed and lists brand name Peretro Nose Oro 8.
High Point township Democratic executive committee members gather tonight at 7:30 in the county building to elect a chairman and vice chairman. Haworth is expected to be reelected, with delegates to the Guilford county convention to be named for Greensboro Saturday at 2:30.
Funeral services for Jose Os good Fambrough 42 of Park way Point were held this afternoon at Forbis and Murray chapel. J A Vache of St Andrews Episcopal Church officiated. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery High Point. Pallbearers from High Point included Elliott Coy Wilder Jay Williard Henry Crow Allen Welborn J Amos Charles FE Hayes and D Stevens.
Mrs. G W Simmons 84 mother of W E Simmons of 405 Carter St Yanceyville died after an extended illness at her daughter’s home in Bush Arbor Caswell County. She was a member of the Bush Arbor Primitive Baptist Church and will be buried in the church cemetery after a 3 PM funeral Saturday.
In a curious tale Jerry Hanes of 1415 Johnson Street seeks William King a sailor she met during wartime letters. King reportedly traveled from California to find her and may be returning toward Salt Lake City Utah while Jerry searches locally at USO and among sailors with blue eyes and black wavy hair.
Charlotte Kiwanis luncheon at the Sheraton featured Ed ward Scheidt head of the FBI bureau in Charlotte speaking on Wartime Juvenile Delinquency. He warned that juveniles commit a large share of murders and burglaries and urged coordinated public effort with parents clubs and police. Attendees included Lt. Frank Hunsucker and Greensboro officials.
Miss Virginia Matthews, occupant of the auto that collided with a police patrol car on South Hamilton Street Wednesday night, is confined at home in Jamestown with serious injuries. Her sister Miss Margaret Matthews nurses bruises from the crash. Doctors say Virginia possibly has fractures and internal injuries.
Bombay reports Mohandas K. Gandhi remains weak after a malaria attack. An official statement says he has had no fever recurrence but has not recovered as hoped, causing concern. Production of Vitamin B in 1944 is expected to triple 1941 output.
Mrs Hicks was charged with driving against a red signal after a collision. Police quoted her as admitting worn brakes, but she later said she made no such statement. Her sister was not seriously injured.
City council hours long session approved hog and hogpen rules to limit proximity to dwellings and require sanitary pens. The paint shop license fee was repealed after law and finance review amid painter protests, with impact to start June 1. Commercial poultry breeding within the city is banned except family use. other items await a future vote.
Ada Gashaw Pipkin of 1011 East Commerce Street received a scroll memorial from President Roosevelt for her son Seaman First Class James K Gashaw the first man from High Point and Guilford County to die in World War II He enlisted in August 1940 after serving in the Army and died December 10 when the USS Peary was sunk at Cavite Naval Base in the Philippines by Japanese forces
St Dunstan boy choristers will hold their first annual father and son banquet tonight at 6 30 in the parish house of St Marys Episcopal Church. Two crosses will be awarded for outstanding achievements since the choir was organized and a program and entertainment period is planned.
Some 23 textile plants in High Point Asheboro Lexington Winston Salem and Thomasville will begin a mandatory 48 hour week on May 14. P W Graan regional director of War on Power Commission announced after a meeting with city executives in the Security Bank Building. Grandjean cited national textile shortages and urged plants to meet the war demand.
Peel the peaches just before serving to prevent browning and preserve color and flavor.
Registration for family canning sugar allotments for this year will be held in city schools on Monday and Tuesday May 15 and 16, announced Superintendent Charles F. Carroll. Teachers are urged to assist though volunteers are welcome, and older students may help. one person can register an entire family, with further details to follow.
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