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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
10
There were no bidders due to bad weather for the city’s old addressograph unit sold by mail order from Office Company for 75 dollars. A new addressograph machine is now installed in City Hall to speed billing and collection in the accounting department. It will produce metal plates for address changes and new customers, with plates previously sent out of town for processing.
The city collected 33 287 21 from Southern Railway Co in a ruling that the company pay a pro rata share of street paving costs. The consolidated case involved 34 street accounts and Judge MacRae ordered payment for rights of way. Estimated annual collections rose from 100 000 to 103 229 65, with outlook for final totals up to 50 percent above prior expectations.
Garbage collections will proceed as planned in a downtown section Saturday according to T. C. Kirkman, director of public works. No collections on Christmas Day, but trucks resume Tuesday.
Thomasville will observe a longer Christmas break with most stores closed for two days. First National Bank will also close Monday and Tuesday. The public library, post office, and War Price and Rationing office announce closures. Local schools reopen January 1. Churches schedule Christmas services, carols, and cantata offerings.
The Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel featured Rev. Wilson O. Weldon as the principal speaker. He urged kindness and serving others, noting most civic club members attend church, and cited Dickens and the Christmas message as guidance. Attendance prize won by Thomas W. Sprinkle. visitors listed from Florence South Carolina, Texas, New York, and High Point.
Mary Mann an elderly woman arrested at the local bus station faced municipal court for public drunkenness and disorderliness. Judge D C MacRae sentenced her to 30 days in the County Home, noting she would return home after serving time.
Rotary Club entertained 67 boys at a Christmas gathering at the Sheraton. Program by Rotarian C Excellenlie featured carols led by Jimey Briggs. Dr W A Lambeth of Thomasville spoke on inner peace amid outer war, urging peace and Christian spirit. Several Rotarians and visitors attended.
Community note asks colored readers to submit news for Sundays column or call Miss Evely Drake at 7300 from Drake's Place on East Washington Street.
The Empty Stocking Fund reports only one day left for requests as volunteers rush to fill hundreds of baskets for elderly and children. Donations reach 2,612.84 with several families in need pleading for Christmas aid, including a mother with four children and another family of nine. Local contributions list names of donors and groups contributing to the fund.
Willard Leathers was honored at a Junior Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Sheraton Hotel with the Key Man Award. The award committee included Powell W B Hall Frank Size more and H N Williard. Captain Craig Parks, home from Walker Field Kansas, attended the event with other members and wives.
Donations totaling 900 have been raised since Isalah's campaign to free Point Cal of its indebtedness. Chairman J E Millis announced the debt now stands at 2100, with the Committee of Twenty aiming to clear it by year end. Several supporters urged to be recorded as helping to free the car from debt.
Funeral services for Paul Theo dore Freemon, who died at his Morganton home, were held at Groometown Methodist church with Rev. H. L. Ridenhour officiating. Pallbearers included Davis, Ray, Percy, Edwin, Fred, and Ivey Groome. burial followed in the churchyard.
A historical note discusses procurement of a Christmas scale to curb wartime inflation in Theodore Roosevelt era. The plan links household goods pricing to national economic stability and morale during conflict. An official call emphasizes prudent spending and wartime thrift.
Lions Club held a turkey dinner at the Sherae ton Hotel in Crete with Loyd Flythe presiding. Joe Boyd spoke on Christmas and its meaning for 1900 years while Sgt H F Richardson performed magic for the boys and guests.
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