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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1942
Page
4
John Red MacConnell of the Oakland Red and Gun club tolled games of 247 278 and 232 at Elba alleys in a Central Pittsburgh duckpin league game. Friends claim the 75 total is the highest ever reported in a league game.
The Raleigh Woman's Club urged Congress to amend the Selective Service Act to induct registrants with venereal disease who are otherwise fit for service. A committee would push for detention or force treatment, and another panel would study measures to deter illicit relations and plan vocational education and sex education for local girls.
Mrs J L Clemmons of Thomasville age 69 died Wednesday in Newport News Virginia while visiting daughter Mrs Avery Kay. Born Lillie Mae Heath in Guilford County she married James L Clemmons in 1896. Surviving children include Sgt Baxter Clemmons with the army band in Washington and Luther Jimmie Linville and Joseph Clemmons among others. Funeral plans set for Thomasville with services at 4 00 pm Friday at the home of daughter Mrs L B Cameron 301 East Guilford Street. Interment in City cemetery.
The regular Friday night prayer service led by Vance Hill and group will be held at Mr and Mrs J D Craven s home route 2 High Point at 730 PM It is announced by organizers.
North Carolina enjoys warmer conditions with occasional light rain tonight across central portions. South Carolina and Georgia see similar warmth and light showers. A recent wave of severe German court sentences for farmers jailed for felping bread grain to livestock was widely publicized to deter similar acts.
Raleigh officials voiced concern over the fate of Works Progress Administration projects in progress as a presidential order contemplates liquidation. North Carolina WPA Administrator McGinnis says the state is not among those ordered stopped and aims to complete or salvage invested work, with local sponsors required to protect prior investments. A Washington meeting of state admins is planned to craft an orderly liquidation plan, while North Carolina seeks to finish projects with substantial spending or labor already invested.
Delores Oswald of Salt Lake City collected 780 silk stockings and planned to weave a rug but donated them to the national silk salvage drive to support a broader effort against Japan.
You will require a copy of your marriage license to obtain your allotment from the government. Includes PHOTOSTAT COPIES Marriage Licenses Birth Certificates Legal Documents from ALDERMAN PHOTO Co. at 320 North Hamilton Street.
M. T. Hicks and P. C. Thomp son were made members of the High Point Life Underwriters Association at its regular monthly meeting last night at the Elwood Hotel. After the dinner, N. L. Garner and Lee Smith presented a motion picture film about the life insurance business.
Mrs. Filbert's Margarine is endorsed as suitable for adults and children with 9000 units of Vitamin A per pound. Leading nutrition experts compare it with higher priced spreads for bread, signaling strong health and value claims.
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