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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1945
Page
5
Joe Hedgecock ranked Seaman 1st Class serves on the USS West Virginia while Hoyt Sanders, a Seaman 1st Class in the USNR, is married to Helen E. Sanders of 22 E Clara Cox apartments. The report notes service and household connections.
Local service members are listed with ship assignments and discharges. Lt Diffendal of High Point NC prepares for inactive duty in Charleston after years of duty at Mayport, Duffy, and sea stations. sailors Stout Walton Hughes serve in Tokyo Bay aboard Perkins. Davis serves aboard USS Bennington in carrier strikes.
From Pearl Harbor comes word that seven High Point men are on their way home from the Pacific. The list includes Nathan B. Woodell Jr. ARM 1/c aboard the USS Bottineau, Edward J. Mullis S 2/c USNR, Houston K. McGhee S/Sgt, Norman A. Easter Cpl, and Willie M. Mode Seaman 1/c aboard the USS Henrico, with additional crew aboard the USS Tripole.
Sgt William Edward Jernigan son of Mrs Paul E Edwards 309 S Hamilton St is due home from the South Pacific in the last week of December after serving overseas for 27 months.
In Germany at Bremerhaven staging area three High Point men Cpl Vernon E. Clayton Cpl Thomas H Fagan and Pfc Albert R Ingram serve with an anti aircraft artillery battalion aiding the flow of thousands of soldiers. The facility will handle about 10 000 higher troops monthly for return to the United States. The men entered service in May 1943 and served in England France Belgium Holland and Germany since 1944.
Cpl. D. Webb son of William D. Webb of High Point was honorably discharged today at Seymour Johnson Field. He enlisted November 1 1942 and holds the American Theater ribbon and World War II Victory Medal. His wife Dorothy and daughter Melva reside at 403 Montlieu Avenue.
Radioman third class Vann York son of Mr and Mrs John G York recently earned his rate after completing radio school in San Diego California He has been transferred to Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton Washington for duty.
Pvt. William L. Hornaday arrives in the States December 2 after 18 months overseas with service in France Belgium and Germany. He is the son of Mrs. E. H. Hiatt of 218 Centennial Avenue on a 90 day furlough. He has re enlisted for three years.
Sergeant James C. Bristow, son of Mr and Mrs C A Bristow of Sophia, was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for service in European theater operations. He took part in the Central European and Rhineland campaigns, helped break the Siegfried line, wears the conduct medal, and currently serves as a cook.
Fragmentary navy service item places torpedoman third class and wardroom quartermaster third class from Thomasville at center in Charleston on a Sunday.
Thomas W. Isom S 1 c of Clara Cox apartments and Frederick G. Barbee Jr RM 2 c of 2 6 E East Green street were among those given honorable discharges at the Bainbridge Maryland naval separation center.
Jack G. Millikan GM 3/c and husband of Stella Lois Millikan of 507 East Green Street High Point is among High Point veterans being brought home to the States aboard the U S S Hellena by the Magic Carpet voyage back to the United States.
Pvt. Melton son of Mr and Mrs David Melton Rt 1 Boonville NC and husband of Mrs Ruby Melton Rt 1 Thomasville NC is at the redistribution station for two weeks before a new U S assignment. He recently returned to the United States after five months in France and Germany as a machine gunner and holds the European theater ribbon with two campaign stars the purple heart and the bronze star.
A brief note highlights patient handling of a pending matter and praises sportsmanship. It underscores continued cooperation and positive attitude while awaiting resolution. The item emphasizes fair play and respectful conduct among involved parties.
The United States outlines a long range plan for Germany to regain self sufficiency by 1948 with Allied aid. Four stage approach includes preventing starvation, expanding coal exports, completing four power reparations, and building German administrative capacity. Germany would later regain took control of its economy with safeguards.
Boxing results list Terranova and Christie winners in Boston and Detroit by decision, Oma stops Mall in Buffalo, Bélioise scores a knockout in New York, Brown outpoints Amoroso in White Plains. Also contains an administrator's notice to creditors for L. J. Ingram of High Point North Carolina with filing deadline November 2 1946.
Do not scratch or squeeze pimples as it may cause infection. Petersons Ointment offers quick relief for eczema blotches and skin irritations with the promise of improved skin and comfort. Available for 35c at all druggists with money back if not delighted. Also soothes irritated feet and cracks between toes.
A quiz style prompt asks how to determine a cow age, where wind blows from, and what a police blotter is. The passage also quotes Robert Andrews Millikan and offers etiquette hints about group manners.
The text urges discretion with secrets and whispers within a party, praises boldness and hard work, and suggests this birthday offers a chance to model ethical standards for the group or neighborhood while correcting old habits.
The document describes a record of arrests kept at the police station.
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