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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1944
Page
10
The city plans extending parallel parking spaces in the business district after motorists praised the new markings. Traffic Sgt. O. J. Pike notes the system saves space and eases exiting, with cars previously blocked by neighboring vehicles.
Traffic officer says owners may be indicted for improper parking under the new angle parking plan. Streets to receive the layout include Wrenn Washington College and Fish streets with Pike noting possible expansion to other streets later.
W G Hayworth a former resident and manager of a Fayetteville theater and Sgt D W Hoskins on furlough from Idaho were each fined ten dollars and costs after a municipal court hearing for illegal possession of intoxicants. Officers found 14 fifths of whisky in the automobile they were riding in the whisky was tax paid.
High Point chamber of commerce reports strong cooperation from real estate firms and owners as it updates industrial site surveys. City, Southern Railway and regional rail lines are supplying current data while owners send maps and property details for potential rental or sale.
The John Wesley camp meeting near the old CCC grounds runs daily services at 10 30 am 2 30 and 8 pm through Labor Day. Speakers include Dr T M Anderson Bible lecturer Wilmore Ky Dr John R Winston-Salem Methodist evangelist and Miss Parrish director of music. The event is inter denominational and open to the public.
Corporal Marilyn Hazelbaker Sergeant Jones W Ellis and Private Frank King visit High Point to enlist women for medical technician training in the Women's Army Enlistees are sent to Hot Springs Arkansas or Indiana for specialized training Interviews are held in room 216 of the Post Office building.
Charles Levi Cruthers, 23, of Rt. 3, is jailed in default of 750 bond for Wednesday trial on larceny of an automobile. Charlie McCollough, Negro, 901 North Street, held on larceny with 300 bond for theft of two women's purses valued at 135 and a vagrancy charge. hearing set for tomorrow.
City Hall set to open for the first council session Thursday at 7 30 pm with prior utilities committee meeting today at 1 pm. City Manager Roy S Braden notes several details require council attention for the upcoming agenda. No special matters expected. last week’s session was canceled due to city hall work expected to finish next week.
A call communication at Numa F Reid Lodge No 344 A F and A M was held Monday at 6 pm. The third degree was conferred upon two candidates. Guests included Mrs E B O Mrs Fleetis and Mrs Reese Williams. J Paul Williamson acted as toastmaster with J M Harris Bill Kelly and Miss Dot Lewis as the musical trio.
The High Point Exchange Club heard Capt. Glenn G. Perry of the U S Army Convalescent Hospital unit discuss wartime medical progress. He praised plastic surgery sulfa and penicillin advances and the Army Medical Division for fast evacuation and care, noting efforts to restore wounded servicemen to normal function. Jack Reaves and J W Lovings attended. Lovings won the attendance prize as the monthly business session was led by President Bob Conrad.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ar thur D. Snyder who died at 1121 Grace street last Saturday were held at Green Street Baptist Church with Rev J S Hopkins and two other pastors officiating. Interment was in Oakwood cemetery. Pallbearers included J J Kennedy and Dolan Kennedy among others. Mixed quartet sang Rock of Ages and Argie Wood sang The Lord's Prayer.
Acting Chief C. C. Stoker docked two police officers with demerits for August incidents. J. R. Hedrick received 50 demerits after slapping a soldier at English and North Main streets while painting walkway lanes. J. W. Mooney earned 100 demerits for slapping a woman prisoner, Mary Jones, during a drunken arrest at 154% South Wrenn Street, as jail doors struggled to close. Both have clean records prior.
Thieves entered the Koonts McGhee Drug store at 308 South Main through an unlocked side door after disregarding a wet paint sign. They took about 50 in cash and narcotics valued at 50, with no other property stolen. Police have no leads on the suspects. The last narcotic theft was two months earlier at Leonard Drug in Mechanicsville.
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold a scrap paper drive covering the city and surrounding areas including Jamestown Archdale Trinity Springfield Allen Jay Oakview and other outlying districts. They urge residents to save every bit of paper and corrugated boxes and place bundles on the sidewalk this Sunday September 3 to aid war material supply.
Draft board No. 5 sent a group of named men at 7 15 this morning for pre induction examinations at Camp Croft S C. Hoyle Travis Hartley leader Tommie Henry Tucker Colon Jackson Evans Earl Franklin Hicks Ervin Eugene Smith Charles Franklin Stephens Alton Spivey James Monroe Ward Herman Albert Ritch Fain Glenn Beshbears transferred from draft board No 2 N Wilkesboro John Harrison Walters and Lee Bolan King transferred to the Hawaii territory
Unseasonable weather lingered in High Point area with a sharp temperature rise today. The U S Weather Bureau at the High Point Greensboro airport logged 65 degrees yesterday and 61 this morning, with noon readings near 69 and a forecast of 82 for Wednesday. Plastic powders found by the U S Bureau of Mines workers are identified as a potential new factory fire and explosion hazard.
Allied troops reach the Seine estuary near Rouen with heavy elements in view of the city famed for Joan of Arc’s trial. British Second Army under Lt. Gen. Miles Dempsey advances five miles from the Seine bridgehead, taking Tilly and pushing four miles east of the river as German forces reinforce between the Seine and Belgium border.
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