Civitan Club Meeting Denies Next Tuesday Session
At the weekly Civitan Club luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel Henry Js led the program while Frank Tucker accompanied on piano. Guests included Al Kiemme P Smith and Lt William Hall Jr. The group decided there will be no meeting next Tuesday. Buy Christmas Seals and Prevent Wartime Rise in TR.
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Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Henry Js
Sittee
Frank Tucker
al Kiemme
Smith
William Hall, Jr
High Point Overfills War Bond E Drive Through December
The Sixth War Loan E bond quota for High Point is 501000 with a final total not yet known. Through yesterday 2177 E bonds were purchased and the city’s overall quota is 3497500. Purchases made in December will count toward the quota. Royal Air Force 110 piece orchestra tours the country and will perform in Greensboro on December 28 with admission by E Bond purchases.
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Alt High Point
Igh Point
Earl Phillips
P Gg Om
Phillips
Royal Air Force
Richmond
Greensboro
Miami
Augusta
Woman's College Auditorium
High Point
Mrs. I. T. Mann Dies At Her Home Here
Mrs. I. T. Mann longtime High Point civic and church leader died at 1206 Johnson after weeks of illness. Born July 6 1889 she married Dr. Mann in 1916 and was active with Delta Tau Delta American Legion Auxiliary U D C and DAR. Surviving are husband two daughters two brothers two sisters and two grandsons. Funeral at Wesley Memorial Church with interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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I. T. Mann
High Point
Johnson
Mann
Delta Tau Clu
Loca American Legion Auxiliary
Francis M. Shore
Washington
D. C
Decorsey M. Pollock, Jr
Tampa
Florida
Darrell H. Pitts
Bristowe Pitts
Glenn Lazenby
Stetesville
J. D. Rogers
Decorsey Pollock
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
W. R. Kelly
Main Street Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral Rites Held for Clyde A Mears in Florida
Clyde Aus tin Mears aged 59 died in a Chattahoochee Florida hospital Thursday morning. Funeral services were conducted at the Lord's Tabernacle by Rev. J R Reese and Rev H O Miller.
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Clyde A. Mears
Clyde Austin Mears
Chattahoochee
Florida
Lord's Tabernacle
J. R. Reese
H. O. Miller
Local Flight Becomes CAP Squadron Formation at banquet.
Major E J Nott announced the growth of the Point Flight into a CAP squadron at a Wright brothers anniversary banquet at the Sheraton hotel. Lt Callaham staff appointments included Frank Lewis as operations officer and Ben Hill as adjutant with Louise Adams named warrant officer. City Manager Roy Braden spoke to CAP members, cadets, and families.
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Point Flight
Civil Air Patrol
E.J. Nott
Group No. 2
CAP
Sheraton Hotel
Wright Brothers
Paul W. Callaham
High Point
Nott
Callaham
Frank L. Lewis
Ben
Son Of O. L. Sykes Dies In Portsmouth
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Okey L Skyes formerly of Thomasville died in a Portsmouth Virginia hospital. Funeral services will be held here Wednesday at 3 PM from J C Green and Sons funeral home. Prevent Wartime Rise in TB.
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Thomasville
Okey L. Skyes
Portsmouth
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Three More Families Added To Empty Stocking Fund
Local appeal for Christmas aid yields three new families added to the Empty Stocking Fund. A neighbor’s letter prompted the Family Service Bureau to include a mother with three children and a working father, plus other families in need, with donations listed from individuals and groups lifting the total contributions.
Christmas Closings Announced
County offices and the office of Municipal court clerk will be closed Monday and Tuesday. City and federal offices remain open. Draft and ration boards open Tuesday. Most stores banks observe both days as holidays. Post Office hours adjust with Sunday and Christmas day delivery. Incoming mail to rental boxes and outgoing mail continue on schedule.
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Draft
Ration Board
Usua
Pera
Ed Mendenhall Grabs National Real Estate Notice
National Real Estate Journal published in full an address by Ed Mendenhall of Mendenhall Thompson, in its December issue. The National Association of Real Estate Boards canceled its annual convention and will publish excerpts from other talks while Mendenhall’s address titled Meeting the Problems of the Small Town Brokerage Office appears in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Real Estate Journal
Ed Mendenhall
Mendenhall-Thompson, Realtors
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Office of Defense Transportation
Association
Schools Close Thursday For Christmas Holiday Schedule
Schools will let out Thursday afternoon for holidays and reopen Monday after Christmas recess. The 10 day break includes six school days. The end term is planned for June 9, possible only by reducing holidays after opening 20 days late because of infantile paralysis.
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Chastes F. Carroll
Mrs Overman Dies At Home Of Daughter
Mrs. T. F. Overman aged 78 died today about ten oclock at the home of her daughter Mrs. Paul S. Thomas 1437 North Hamilton street She is survived by two daughters Mrs Grady Henson of Asheboro and Mrs Sur viving also are two grandchildren and one great grandchild Mrs Overman had been ill for the past two weeks Funeral services will be held sometime Thursday afternoon at Pleasant Hill Christian church in Alamance county
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T. F. Overman
Pauls. Thomas
North
Hamilton Street
Grady Henson
Asheboro
Coltrane and Holder Serve In Long Italian Campaign
Pfc Baxter Coltrane of 305 Osborne Street and Pvt Wade Holder of Rt 3 serve as ammunition carrier and rifleman in the 135th Infantry Regiment a unit of the 34th Red Bull Division under Lt General Mark W Clark Fifth Army in Italy The unit marked its 338th day in combat and has been in foreign service for over two and a half years.
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Coltrane
Holder
Baxter R. Coltrane
Osborne Street
135Th Infantry
Wade M. Holder
Rt. 3
34Th “Red Bull” Division
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
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Fraley Field
High Points
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Dodge - Plymouth
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East Washington St
North Main ST
FORD
Mercury
Lincoln
Ford Tractors
English Motor CO
E. Washington ST
Service Dept
H. P
1. T. Mann
W. Paul Davis Seed & Feed Store
N. Wrenn
Nat Walker
Walgreens
High Point MC
Thomas
O. L. Sykes
Albert
South Main
Vrewei Set
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NEAT
C. Penney CO
RSA
Family Service Bureau
Chris
Margaret Briggs
Fred P
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Betsy Jane Bryant
Newcomer's Club
Bill Sain
Ward St. Methodist Church
F. R. Taylor
Martha Ann
Sandy Ee
Hedgecock Lumber CO
Ward Street
Aoe & Children
Credit Clothing CO
East Commerce
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Johns-Manville
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West Broad
Wachovia Bank
Nash
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