Baptists Open Sunday School Convention in High Point
Delegates from across North Carolina arrive for the three day convention at First Baptist in High Point. Speakers include Dr. Clifton J. Allen and Dr. Sankey L. Blanton with sessions starting tonight at 8 and continuing through Thursday morning.
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North Carolina Baptist Sunday School Convention
First Baptist Rch
High Point
L. L. Morgan
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
South Main Street
Clifton J. Allen
Nashville
Nashville, Tenn
Baptist Sunday School Board
Dr. Allen
Philip Harris
Herman L. King
Ofashville
McMillian
H. H. McMillian
China
Gripsholm
Christ
William P. Phlips
J. P
W. C. Myers 55 Taken by Death in Charlotte
Thomasville man William C. Myers Sr. died in a Charlotte hospital after a short illness. He was general manager of North State Manufacturing Co. and a 1910 marriage to Bell Conray. Survived by wife, son Pvt. William Myers Jr., three brothers and four sisters. Funeral at Heidelberg Reformed Church in Thomasville with burial in city cemetery.
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Thomasville
William C. Myers
Charlotte
Mr. Myers
Jacob Myers
Almeta Myers
North State Manufacturing Company
Bell Conray
Pvt
William Myers, Jr
Greensboro
Odell Myers
Earlie Myers
Hill Myers
Walter Beck
Rapel Bevans
W. K. Black
George Leonard
Heidelberg Reformed
F. L. Conrad
Emanuel Lutheran Church
High Point
Funeral Rites For R. J. Davis At Yadkin County
Funeral services for 58 year old R. J. Davis of 511 Ames Street were held at 11 30 at his home then moved to Oak Grove Baptist church in Yadkin County for 2 o clock rites. Rev. R R Jackson Rev Filmore Lawrence and Rev Willie Johnson officiated. Pallbearers were C B Rutledge Jones Burns D Bailey J C Flynn J M Beamon and Herbert Fletcher. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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R. J. Davis
Ames Street
R. R. Jackson
West End Baptist Church
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Yadkin County
Filmore Lawrence
Willie Johnson
Rutledge
Jones Burns
D. Bailey
J .C. Flynn
J. M. Beamon
Herbert Fletcher
Funeral for Gilbert T. White 76 at Sechrest Chapel
Gilbert T. White 76 died at home in Claradox Apartments Saturday. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 pm at Sechrest Funeral Home with Rev. Julian S. Hopkins officiating and burial in Floral Garden Cemetery. Pallbearers were M. C. Culler B. G. Leonard R. B. Culler Marvin Shields E. O. Johnson and J. G. Long.
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Gilbert T. White
Claradox Apartments
Sechrest Funeral
Julian S. Hopkins
Green Street Baptist Church
Floral Garden Cemetery
M. C. Culler
B. G. Leonard
R. B. Culler
Marvin Shields
E. O. Johnson
J. G. Long
War Bond Drive Accelerates Amid Prison Camp News
Public response to the Fourth War Loan drive grows as reports of Japanese prison camp suffering spur sacrifice. Monday sales reach 153 006 25 dollars, pushing totals to 1 091 352 dollars with 3 325 bonds bought during the drive and a half million dollar single sale by Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. of Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paif
Ed Mendenhall
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Greensboro
Carter Dalton
John Sheloff
Charles Ingram
Alice Caldwell
High Point
P. Lee Smith
Julian Price
Insurance Company
Smith
C. M. Allred
Security National Bank
Mendenhall
Frank Carriker
American Legion Auxiliary
W. C. Comer
Fourth War Loan
H. A. Millis
C. F. Tomlinson
York Urges Guilford Leaders To Form Postwar County Committee
W M York judge of the Greensboro juvenile court proposed a county wide committee at a Civitan Club meeting. The panel would unite Chamber of Commerce real estate boards merchant groups farm bureaus PTAs veterans and other bodies from High Point Greensboro Gibsonville and Guilford county to foster county unity after the war. Archie Richardson won the attendance prize. Dan Gorman attended as a visitor.
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W. M. York
Greensboro
Civitan Club
York
Chamber of Commerces
Veterans Organization
High Point
Gibsonville
Guilford County
Eighteen Year Old Boy Arrested For Violating Selective Service Law
Joe T. Gibson, 18, of 307 Sunset Drive, was arrested Jan. 24 for violating the Selective Service Act. He posted a $1500 bond and is to appear in federal court in Durham on Feb. 7. Gibson pleaded not guilty, claiming exemption as a Jehovah's Witness member after failing to report for induction.
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Joe T. Gibson
Sunset Drive
Durham
W. T. Kennedy
U. S
Gibson
Aroe
Kennedy
Jehovah's Witnesses
Senior Hi Y Club Aids Goldsboro High Plans
Plans formed at the YMCA meeting to assist Goldsboro High School in forming a Senior Hi Y Club. Edgar Haley, secretary of the Y, notes the club also discussed a Girl Reserves-Hi Y get together.
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YMCA
Goldsboro High School
Edgar Haley
Eight Board 5 Youths Reach 18th Birthday
Draft officials mailed questionnaires to eight entrants of local draft board 5 who turned 18 last month. Names listed include Henry E. Bizzell Jr and Charles S. Whitted among others. Parents of those under 18 alerted to report any draft notifications to the local board.
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Draft Board 5
Joseph Snider
Board 5
Henry E. Bizzell, Jr
Charles S. Whitted
John C. Williams, Jr
Paul S. Davis
Frank W. Garrett
Joseph C. Johnson
William D. Lee
Ralph C. Shipwash
Ford Willow Run workers threaten bomber production cut
A Ford spokesman said a wage dispute at Willow Run plant could curtail bomber output. Nineteen workers on the night shift stayed past shift end and 925 day shift workers joined a protest for a ten cent hourly raise. The men sat or walked around while management reportedly offered a five cent increase.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Willow Run
Aviation Plant Heads Welcome to High Point
High Point hosts C. Kenneth Strickland and H. Winton Strickland of Strickland Aircraft Corp as the new southern site. The welcome luncheon notes wartime contracts and postwar growth, with initial operations employing about 200 workers and plans to move plant equipment to Topeka Kansas before full local production. The speakers emphasize a permanent role in the area's industrial expansion.
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High Point
High Point Furniture and Woodworking Manufacturers Association
Raton Hotel
C. Kenneth Strickland
H. Winton Strickland
Strickland Aircraft Corporation
Henry A. Foscue
Topeka
Kansas
Gyere
Saeh
High Point College Still Listed for Army Air Training
Lt. Milton Wayne, commanding officer of the High Point college air training detachment, stated that no official word had been received on whether the college would be among the 70 plus installations slated for abandonment as primary training stations, but he believed the unit would continue operation.
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Milton Wayne
High Point College Air Training Detachment
Army
High Point College
Army Air Forces
High Point men Lose Licenses in Drunken Driving Cases
F. G. Ware of High Point had his driving license revoked after a drunken driving conviction in High Point municipal court. John W. Bolton, 37, lost his license on similar charges in the recorder's court in Wilmington.
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High Point
North Carolina Highway Safety Division
F. G. Ware
John W. Bolton
Recorder’s Court
Wilmington
John C. Tiddy 72 Dies After Long Illness in North Carolina
John Curtis Tiddy aged 72, a former Thomasville foreman, died in a High Point hospital after a long illness. Born in Shelby on June 24, 1871, he leaves a wife, two sons Evans and Frank, a daughter Viola Baird, three stepchildren, two sisters, two brothers, and several grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 11 a.m. at J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home with burial in Calvary Reformed cemetery near Thomasville.
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Thomasville
John Curtis Tiddy
High
Myra Dean
Sallie Wright
Evans Tiddy
High Point
Frank Tiddy
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Viola Baird
Greensboro
Milford Early
U. S. Army
South Pacific War
Amanda Connor
Cretta Norman
J. D. Brown
Belmont
Lidy Goins
Shelby
James Tiddy
Asheville
J. C.green and Sons
Calvary Reformed On
Boys Club Ties Burlington 18-18 In High Point Gossip
The Boys Club of High Point overcame a 12 8 halftime deficit to force an 18 18 draw with the Boys Club at Burlington. Chadwick led High Point with 8 points while Scott topped Burlington with 11. The tie stood as remaining games were canceled.
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Burlington
Chadwick
Scott
Firemen Respond To Several Grass and Trash Fires
City firemen answered multiple calls today an average of three daily reports. A small trash blaze at Logan Porter Mirror Co was extinguished and a grass fire at 916 Grant St damaged a porch at T K Hill residence. Additional grass fires occurred near 1206 Vernon and an old field by Ward St and the first underpass.
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Logan Porter Mirror Company
Grant Street
T. K. Hill
Vernon
Ward Street
Air Mail Feeder Route Proposed by Hawthorne Airways
Edward N Hovis of Hawthorne Airways proposed a feeder air mail and freight route linking High Point with North and South Carolina Virginia and more using Stinson single motor planes and a pick up system. The plan received tentative chamber support pending Greensboro approval and would use the High Point Greensboro airport with possible joint meetings.
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Edward N. Hovis
Hawthorne Airways
Orangeburg
S. C
High Point
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Havis
Arnold J. Koonce
Roy S. Braden
Steve Clark
Chamber of Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Rdt
Frank Sizemore
Cit
Greensboro
Sizemore
High Point-Greensboro
Stinson
Hawthorne
Hawthorne Company
High
Charlotte
Rock Hill
Union
Newberry
Laurens
Abbeville
Anderson
Greenville
D. C
Spartanburg
Spindale
Shelby
Gastonia
Reidsville
Danville
Martinsville
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Buena _ Vista
Staunton
Ashland
Ewes
Norfolk
Suffolk
Elit‘it
Three Couples Arrested In North Main Street Raid
A North Main Street vice raid in the early hours seized three couples and two additional individuals, all booked on morals and false registration counts. Dell Allen and Earnest Craver, Beulah Kidd and others faced varied charges including immoral vagancy and false registration. several were released on bonds. Lee Floyd faced assault with a deadly weapon after a knife attack on Bill Choplin.
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North Main Street
Dell Allen
Willard Jones
College Street Inn
Allen
Jones
Beulah Kidd
Beulah White
Beulah Pitts
City Bureau of Investigation
Earnest Craver
Greensboro I
Kidd
Johnson Street
Gladys Steele
Willard J. Lindsay
Charleston
8. C
Steele
Harvey Tyson
Loflin
Beatrice Dixon
Underhill
Gordy Street
Raynell Johnson
Queen Esta Truesdale
Lee Floyd
Corbitt Street
Bill Choplin
Former High Point Resident Dies in Winston-Salem
Lee Perry age 38 of Thomasville and High Point died in a Winston-Salem hospital after a short illness. Born December 10, 1905, he was the son of Charlie E. Perry and Hattie Westmoreland Perry and attended local schools. He married Ola Moore on November 1, 1929. Surviving are his wife, his parents, sister Mrs. Keetch Saunders of Thomasville, and brother Pfc. Clyde H. Perry at Fort Jackson. Funeral arrangements are pending at J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville. He had been in declining health for six months and was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose.
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Tal
Thomasville
John Lee Perry
Winston-Salem
Charlie E. Perry
Hattie Westmoreland Perry
Ola Moore
Themenville
High Point
U. S
Portsmouth
Virginia
Keetch Saunders
Pfc
Clyde H. Perry
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
J. C. Green and Sons
Perry
The
Loyal Order of Moose
High Point Man Fined In Thomasville Court For Drunk Driving
Thomas J Kendall of High Point was found guilty of drunken driving in Thomasville court. He was fined 50 dollars plus court costs and must refrain from driving for 12 months. Essie Jane Curry received a suspended 60 day sentence for assault with a deadly weapon, pending two years of good behavior.
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Thomasville
Thomas J. Kendall
High Point
Kendall
Essie Jane Curry
After the War Hovis Plans Municipal Airports Network
Hovis said after the war the firm would open a chain of municipal airports from Washington south. The company maintains a special carrier service at the Washington airport.
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Hovis
Washington
Nine Divorces Granted Here Today By Court
Nine uncontested divorces granted during a civil term before Judge D C MacRae. Separated parties include E Mullis and William E Gladys Walters Moorefield. Charles E Moorefield and Sallie Delk. M Howard and Lionel A ard. Alice York Thompson and Walter Ray Thompson. Richard and Ruth Adele R. Lillian Roberson Payne and Raymond Payne. Two adultery judgments: Tersie G Wilhoit and Virgil W Wilhoit. Fred Davis and P W Davis Andrew L Avant filed for divorce this morning in court.
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D. C. MacRae
E. Mullis
William E. Gladys Walters Moorefield
Charles E. Moorefield
Sallie Delk
Wayne K. Delk
M. Howard
Lionel Aard
Alice York Thompson Walter Ray Thompson
Richard
Ruth Adele R
Lillian Roberson Payne
Raymond Payne
Tersie G
Virgil W. Wilhoit
Fred Davis
P. W. Davis
Andrew L. Avant
Avant
Ion
James Wood Sentenced to Mill Point for Three Years
James V. Wood, 24, of 17 Lowbrook Street, jailed in Durham then to Mill Point for a three year term for violating the selective service. He claimed conscientious objector status as a Jehovah’s Witness. He faced circuit court and appeals, and is registered with the draft board.
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James V. Wood
Lowbrook Street
Durham
Oral
Mill Point
Wood
Lean
Edera d. Haye
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Baptists
EYE Service
Max Bones
Ruby's
Main &T
ICE Delivery Company
Jaw West Brand Street
N. Tt. Warner Agency
Ins
W.C. Myers
RE. J. Davis
Autoloans Trek
Tcls Lug Ted - Industrial Finance Company
Carolina Barber Shop
West
Washington Street
Jake Harris
Jack Campbell
W.M. York
Goldsboro High
Aviation
Asso
Strickland Brothers
H. P. College
William Thomas Kirkman
Monthew Avenue
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Kirkman
John C. Tiddy
Air Mail
City
Thomasville Court
Coud
James Wood
Nat Walker
Ryes
Walgreen
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
J. C. McCoy
Security Bank
Parker-Brown
Oak St
N. Main ST
J. Sears
R. M. Hales
Harry X. Russell
Tel
T. R. Sullivan
Paul Byrum
Baker's Esso
North Main St
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