Chalk Artist Charms Kiwanis at Sheraton Program
A. S. Myers, Lexington Kiwanis president and chalk artist, gave a talk at the Sheraton hotel drawing club members in color sketches and a patriotic Uncle Sam and U S flag. Jimmy Green led the program. guests included Ray Nibbelink and C W Myers. Nibbelink won the attendance prize as $282.02 was raised for soldiers’ cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Sheraton Hotel
A. S. Myers
Lexington Kiwanis Club
U.S
Uncle Sam
Jimmy Green
Ray Nibbelink
C. W. Myers
Lexington
Grady Jenkins Held On Charge of Bigamy
Grady Jenkins a 27 year old white man of 402 F Green Street remained in city jail under a $1000 bond charged with bigamy. The warrant states he married Janie Gulledge while legally married to Mozelle Beck. Complainant is F W Gulledge. Witnesses named besides officers are the two women involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Jenkins
F. Green Street
Jenkins
Janie Gulledge
Mozelle Beck
F. W. Gulledge
City Employees to Get Day Off on Labor Day
City council voted to grant all city employees a holiday on Labor Day except police and fire personnel on emergency duty. The measure passed unanimously.
Lions Hold Group Sing At Meeting
The High Point Lions met at the Sheraton for a regular weekly dinner meeting. Roy Padgett led the group singing and performed solos with Dorothy Hoskins at the piano. Attendance prizes went to J. H. Kalte and R. H. Smith, while visitors included K. V. Harrison of Lexington Virginia and G. A. Holt of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Lions
Sheraton Hotel
Lion Roy Padgett
Dorothy Hoskins
Lions J. H. Kalte
R. H. Smith
Lion K. V. Harrison
Lexington
G. A. Holt
High Point
Work Or Fight Group Meets This Afternoon
High Point members of Governor J. Melville Broughton's Guilford County work or fight committee will meet with county-wide members this afternoon at 2 30 at the county courthouse in Greensboro. Chairman Robert Moseley heads the committee to organize county work at the governor's request. Local members include Mayor Arnold J. Koonce J E Millis Mrs Rachel Shiplett Co T Ingram G E Hutchens and S E Burford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
J. Melvilel Broughton
Guilford County
Greensboro
Robert Moseley
Arnold J. Koonce
J. E. Millis
Rachel Shiplett
Co. T. Ingram
G. E. Hutchens
S. E. Burford
Negro gets eight month on charges of larceny
James Simmons, 32, of 311 Baptist Street, pleaded guilty to stealing a hydraulic jack worth 45 dollars and a car battery. Judge D C MacRae sentenced him to eight months on the county roads in High Point Municipal Court. Leroy Bailey, 17, of 608 Leonard Street, linked as an accessory, received four months on the county roads after pleading not guilty to larceny. The DeHavilland Comet plane is noted as the fastest low powered ship of its type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Simmons
Baptist Street
D. C. MacRae
High Point
Leroy Bailey
Leonard Street
Simmons
S. R. James
Bailey
City Council rescinds title work contract amid dispute
After a closed door delay the High Point council voided the August 5 award of a $19,000 city abstract title contract to a six attorney syndicate. Groome led calls for broader access and a new bid, noting possible damages and unresolved abstracts totaling 1,575 titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Groome
Groome
High Point
J. Allen Austin
Walter Crissman
Ben L. Herman
Louis J. Fisher
E. A. Wright
D. H. Parsons
James B. Lovelace
Robert Martin
J. E. Lyon
Lovelace
Civil Service Commission
J. A. Sloop
Jones
Grover H. Jones
Nny
N. L Hunt
J. J. Corrigan
C. A. Lewis
W. R. Grant
Arnold J. Koonce
Sloop
Supreme Court
J. Vassie Wilson
More Casual Foot Wear Unrationed for War Ration Rules
War Production Boardset limits on house slippers with cattlehide leather or rubber content beyond 15 percent reclaimed rubber. Unrationed slippers from scraps called sherlings remain available, as does unrationed 15 percent rubber in playshoes. Fall stocks plentiful as Stamp 17 memories fade. Moths and rayon storage advice, insect prevention and home care tips follow along with odds and ends on wool fat shortages and tuna supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Army
Office of Price Administration
Department of Agriculture
Salvation Army Band Concert At Welch Memorial Church
Under Major Carter the Salvation Army Band performs at Welch Memorial Church this evening at eight. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Welch Memorial
Carter
Lt DeWitt Explains Air Cadet Entry to Service
Lt Louis N DeWitt commander at the High Point college training detachment explains how boys 17 to 27 enter the air force cadet program as bombardiers navigators or pilots after preliminary work at the college The university and BTC 10 detachment in Greensboro conduct examinations and an office at Smith Studio is open each afternoon for applications and enrollment details The High Point civil air patrol sponsors the program with officers from BTC 10 in attendance and the aim is to produce army air forces officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis N. DeWitt
High Point College
DeWitt
Smith's
College
Lt. DeWitt
BTC-10
Greensboro
High Point Flight
Civil Air Patrol
Smith Studio
S. Main Street
Army Air Forces
Rocks and Triassic Question Halts Court Case
William Big Bill Ricks testified as defense witness in the assault case against Beulah Kidd a 36 year old woman charged with attacking a 10 year old. The judge suspended a 30 day sentence for one year good behavior and a ban near Ricks business. The defense mocked the geological debate calling it jackassic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Big Bill’ Ricks
Beulah Kidd
Ralph Luther
Kidd
Thomas W. Sprinkle
Big Bill
Ricks
Sprinkle
D. C. MacRae
Silas Casey
Casey
High Pointer Digs Out Bomb Then Foxhole
Marines on Rendova Island finish digging out and destroying an unexploded Japanese bomb after a two and a half day effort through coral and air raids. Second Lieutenant Mike Taylor and Corporal Bill Waters lead a six man team, with Pfc. James N. Johnson, to blast the duct and secure the gun position, then dig fox holes nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rendova Island
Ally
Mike Taylor
USMC
Sarlsbad
N. M
Bill Waters
U.S.M.C
Solvay
N. Y
James N. Johnson
High Point
N. C
Secretary Eure Publishes NC Marriage Law Guide
Raleigh August 27 The secretary of state Thad Eure released a compiled folder listing all North Carolina marriage and divorce statutes after months of requests from soldiers. The move provides a concise reference as many soldiers seek to end marriages before deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Thad Eure
North Carolina
Fire permits issued for multiple local properties
Fire Chief FE Ingram announced today permits were issued for reroofing and repairs. Dr J G Groome and Dr M A Lackey received $185 permits for reroofing their 507 N Main St office. Other permits include P S Moore $65, 315 Boulevard. J A Lowery $25 chicken house 535 Flint. Mrs Nannie Garland $300 reroof 108 Willowbrook. J O Teague $60 repairs 233 Idol. Robert L Conrad $350 repairs to 300 Louise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. K. Ingram
J. G. Groome
M. A. Lackey
N. Main Stret
P. S. Moore
Boulevard
J. A. Lowery
Flint
Nannie Garland
Willowbrook
Hafer Plans Seattle Trip By Locomotive Cab Ride
Lt. Col. George H. Hafer, a Pennsylvania selective service official, will travel Friday to Seattle in a locomotive cab. He has ridden elbow to elbow with firemen for six years and prefers the second locomotive to stay cleaner. The Mount Evans highway in Clear Creek county, Colorado, is noted as the highest automobile road in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delune
Harrisburg
George H. Hafer
Pennsylvania
Selective Service
Seattle
Wash
Hafer
Mount Evans
Clear Creek County
Colorado
United States
Publicity Committee Named For Third War Loan Drive
W B Hall of High Point announced the publicity committee for the third war loan drive. Henry A Foscue Jr is chairman with Stan Conrad Hugh Smart and Ralph Slate as members. The drive will begin September 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hall
High Point
Henry A. Foscue, Jr
Stan Conrad
Hugh Smart
Ralph Slate
Metcalfe To Visit Mother In Woodrow Avenue Home
Sgt Bruce Arnold Metcalfe, stationed at Camp Edwards Massachusetts, is spending a few days furlough with his mother Mrs W G Metcalfe at her Woodrow Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Bruce Arnold Metcalfe
Camp Edwards
Mass
W. G. Metcalfe
Woodrow Avenue
Soldier Elmer C. Carter Hospitalized in Indiana
Pfc Elmer C Carter son of Mr and Mrs John Carter of 803 This sell street is a patient at Bil lings General Hospital Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana T J Heath patient at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem is recuperating satisfactorily from a serious operation Tuesday morning He will not be allowed to see visitors for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Carter
John Carter
Thissell Street
Billings General Hospital
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
T. J. Heath
the Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Pvt Potts Awarded Purple Heart for Sicily Action
Pvt John W Potts Jr son of Mr and Mrs J W Potts of 505 Richardson Street received the Purple Heart for bravery in the invasion of Sicily. He was injured and is in the 21st General Hospital North Africa with satisfactory condition reported by family letters. He has served eight months with nearly five overseas in the U S Army Infantry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Potts, Jr
J. W. Potts
Richardson Street
Sicily
21St General Hospital
North Africa
Potts
64Th Station
General Hospital
Infantry Division
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U. S
U.S. Navy
NEA
America
Red Cross
Solomons
St.Joseph
Nat Walker
Walgreen
College ST. Hotel
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
Asor
Ise
North Main Street
Groome Holds
Mayo Koonce
Corrigan
Grant
John H. Kalte
Hunt
Lewis and Ward
By Ann Stevick
Charles Conrad
Thomasville
Mamie Carr Conrad
Gurney Conrad
Fairview Methodist Church
Charles D. White
J. W. Grace
W. R. Jenkins
Wayne Everhart
Joe Clinard
Wilburn Everhart
Austin Bow
Rachel L. Everhart
Enterprise
Rachael Louise Everhart
Blair Street
Grace Lutheran Church
Charles R. Patterson
J. T. Dietz
Fred Fritz
David Harris
Raymond Fritz
John Smith
Robert Everhart
Marion Foust
Opal Therrell
Billy Everhart
Lois Russell
Zion Reformed Church Quartet
J. Vann Cashatt
W. M. Hilton
E. C. Hilton
J. L. Craven
Belvin Craven
Mildred Harris
BY William Ferguson
U.S. Army Air Force
NEA Service
ING
M. Reg
U. S. Pat
Moscow
Berlin
Sage
Martin Lee Cohin
Phoenix
Avizormd
8. F. Stavisky
Chelsea
Marine Corps
Associated Press
Junction City
Sas
Marguerite Lee
Kansan
Puerto Rico
Pvt. Potts
Purple Heart
Park St
Paint & Repair Now
Tiger Brand
Parker - Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
S. Main ST
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
Veal
Stew Ib
Bacon
Fryers Ib
Seward’s Market
Commerce Street
Clover Brand Dairies
Lindale Dairy Corp
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