E Bond Sales Lagging As War Ends
E Bond sales lagged total sales in the fourth war bond drive as Gastonia High College student R Harold Hipps was elected head of the Carolina Methodist Student Conference for the new year. Officers were elected yesterday afternoon and installed at the three day conference finale. The event opened with Rev Wilson O Weldon hosting and Rev Paul H King presiding at ceremonies. The conference theme emphasized a pioneering church now and after the war with a closing address by Dr W A Smart of Emory University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Harold Hipps
Gastonia
High College
Main Street Methodist Church
Carolina Methodist
Fred Davis
Louis College
Mary Barber
Dukerty
Thora Kelly
Bennett
Bill Cockerell
Brevard
Peggy Royal
Wesley Memorial Church
Narrow escape as house burns on Home and W S Road
Frank Tice and his family escaped a fast spreading eight room residence fire on Home and W S Road after a high wind fed flames. The structure and outbuildings were destroyed though insurance partly covered losses. firemen arrived from outside the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tice
Ames
Tice
Ticey
Allied hand to hand fight drives Germans from village
Fifth Army dispatch reports Allied troops in close combat expelling German forces from a square brick village perched on a slight rise. Tank team led by Lieut. I. Percy Perkins Jr. and Capt. James Carpenter push through a mined pass with support from Wakeman S. Wilson and Stewart R. Robbins units as white smoke obscures lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Bigart
Fifth Army
Aly
Apis
I. Percy Perkins Jr
Fleming, Ga
Wakeman S. Wilson
Perthy
N. J
James .Rpenter
Prescott
Ariz
Carpenter
Ner
Gin Stewart R. Robbins
Postal Cards Used in 1944 City Directory Canvass
More than 3 265 postal cards were distributed this week to households for data for the 1944 City Directory. The Hill Directory Co says the postal card system speeds enumeration during wartime while preserving regular canvassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Directory Co
Wien
Ieeech
Pu Rs
High Point
Men and Women in Service Ends Training
Jack Willis Seaman 2nd Class completed basic training and is on a 21 day furlough with his family on Greenway avenue. Pfc Billy L Bumgarner son of Mr and Mrs F A Bumgarner left today for Salt Lake City Utah after a 10 day furlough with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Willis
Seaman
Greenway Avenue
Pfc
Billy L. Bumgarner
F. A. Bumgarner
Hill Street
Salt Lake City
Utah
Williams in Georgia joins naval aviation program
Naval Aviation Cadet Arthur B. Williams reported to the U S Navy pre flight school at Athens Georgia He is the son of Mr and Mrs A E Williams route three He completed naval flight preparatory school at Columbia South Carolina and was transferred to his present station from the C A A war training service school at St Petersburg Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Arthur B. Williams
U. S. Navy
Athens
A. E. Williams
Route Three
Columbia
S. C
CAA
War Training Service School
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hendrix Promoted at Camp Claiborne Engineer Center
Thomas T. Hendrix husband of Gladys Pell Hendrix of Jamestown route one has been promoted from technician fifth grade to technician fourth grade at the engineer unit training center Camp Claiborne Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrix
Thomas T. Hendrix
Gladys Pell Hendrix
Route One
Jamestown
Engineer Unit Training Center
Camp Claiborne
Draft Board 4-F Members Slated After Ills and Ailments
Draft board four personnel including Jere Sloan and stenographer Mrs. J B Hensley show limps and injuries with Sloan wearing a sling while Hensley cannot bend her left leg. Beulah B Harris remains indisposed after hospital release. Board five Clerk Joseph Snider uses crutches as he recovers from a leg strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jere Sloan
Board Four
J. B. Hensley
More Victory Gardens Urged By Service Corps
Four thousand copies of an appeal to High Pointers to plant victory gardens this spring are distributed through schools by the garden committee of the Citizens Service Corps chaired by P.M. Davis. Now is the time to prepare soil select seed and plan the garden. The city offers vacant lots at a nominal fee for those without yard space and free gardening advice from the Citizens Service Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Service Corps
P.M. Davis
Postwar employment optimism among High Point manufacturers
Local manufacturers survey shows cautious but hopeful forecasts for postwar hiring. J A Johnson, chairman of the Committee for Economic Development, notes employers expect higher payrolls than in 1940, with some firms planning 10 to 25 percent more workers after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
J. A. Johnson
Committee For Economic Devet Industry Committee
Johnson
Colleges Council Meets Thursday in Greensboro
The executive committee of the Council of Church Related Colleges of North Carolina will meet at 10 30 a m Thursday February 17 at the O Henry Hotel in Greensboro. Dr N M Harrison secretary treasurer announced the meeting called by Dr Clyde A Milner president of the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Church Related Colleges of the
North Carolina
O’henry
Greensboro
N. M. Harrison
Clyde A. Milner
VFW Reschedules Meeting To Tuesday at Hall
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Tuesday night at 7 30 at the VFW hall on Washington and Main streets. The midweek meeting was moved to Tuesday due to a conflict in organization dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Hall
Washington and
Main Streets
City Limits Surveyed During 1936
High Point city limits were surveyed in detail in 1936 and boundaries marked so property within can be identified. Prior surveys left confusion and doubt about whether certain tracts lay inside the city. A new policy taxes any unlisted within city limits for five years back if paid within 90 days, otherwise penalties apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Guilford
WMC Issues Revised Employment Form
The War Manpower Commission issued a revised certificate of prior employment form. Employers will use it for hiring less essential workers who lived locally in the prior 30 days, workers not employed in essential activities in the prior 60 days, those with noxious work experience, and workers re entering the labor market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Office
Brotherhood Week Observance Set for February 20 26
Brotherhood Week sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews will be held here February 20 through 26. Horace S. Haworth, committee chairman, announced the program includes civic club events church programs and a Sunday rally with speeches from Catholic Jewish and Protestant leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Horace S. Haworth
Brotherhood Week
Mter
Ac Ee College
Excelle Rozzelle
Robert
MacMillan
Rabbi E
Will
Haworth
John Welborn
Ben Herman
Electric gadget demonstrations at three city schools Tuesday
Citizens' Service Corps hosts electric repair lectures at all city public schools Tuesday night. Local electrical contractors join to teach households how to fix irons fans and toasters at home with on stage repairs and demonstrations at three schools seven thirty p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Service Corps
Service Corps
Y Street
Carolina Electric Company
Johnson Street
Vail Electric Company
Elm Street
City Refrigeration and Electric Company
Old Haley Place Restored Landmark of High Point History
The 1786 Haley residence on East Lexington Ave near the C. M. Waynick home is being restored by Donald W. Conrad after part of the Ed Welch estate. The Williamsburg style house features three rooms, attic, beamed ceiling and brick construction, echoing a bygone era with legends of Lafayette and Washington and evidence of former slave labor and stagecoach inn use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Haley
Patrick Haley
Lexington Avenue
C. M. Waynick
Ed Welch
Donald W. Conrad
Guilford Battleground
Haley Place
Conrad
Williamsburg
Shaner Rites To Be Held At 1 30 Today
Funeral for Clyde T. Shaner set for Yowg's Funeral Home at 1 30 p m with Dr C E Rozelle officiating. Final rites will follow Monday morning at Bedford Virginia with family burying ground interment. Shaner survived by wife Irene W Shaner step son William E Price Jr and parents A M and Mrs A M Shaner Cumberland Md. He was a World War One veteran, American Legion member, Wesley Memorial church member and safety engineer for American Mutual Liability Insurance Co. He lived in the city five years after Virginia Tech graduate Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Pallbearers listed from Baltimore and Charlotte. He died after a fall at his Parkway home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde T. Shaner
Yowg
C. E. Rozelle
Wesley Memorial Church
Old Home Plantation
Bedford
Mr. Shaner
Lynch, Va
Mattie Holdren Shaner
American Legion
National Safety Council
American Mutual Liability Insurance Company of America
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Irene W. Shaner
William E. Price, Jr
A. M. Shaner
Cumberland
Alec
Lawrence Shaner
John Lamanca
California
J. A. Hart
C. T. Ingram
Herman Smith
John Walker
Carter Dalton
Hiram Armentrout
Rodney Snow
Frank Sizemore
Collier Fllis
Phil Grandjean
Jack Longley
Baltimore
Ed Dorsett
Charlotte
Parkway
SPAR Recruiters to Test in High Point February 23 26
SPAR recruiters will hold a three day campaign in High Point from February 23 to 26 offering mental and physical tests for women interested in joining the U S Coast Guard Reserve. Jean Guild and Mary Catane will staff the Post Office lobby to assist applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
U. S. Coast Guard
Spars
Jean Guild
Mary Catane
Raleigh
Palm Beach
Fla
Biltmore
Coast Guard
Arrest Report Names Amos Crotts in Simple Assault
Police arrested Amos Crotts of route two on a simple assault charge filed by Mrs. Tom Lawson of 108 West Broad Street. He posted a $200 bond. Lawson said Crotts came to her home to borrow money and threatened her after she refused. Witness Mrs. LeRoy Earnhart of 108 West Broad was named in the warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Crotts
Route Two
Tom Lawson
West Broad Street
Lawson
Crotts
LeRoy Earnhart
West Broad
E Bond Drive Nears Quota As High Point Sees Progress
High Point reports 23 percent of its BE bond quota still to sell with $124,425 remaining toward an $534,700 target. Friday’s E bond sales reached 815 applications totaling $30,468.75, aided by war mothers, retail staff, and school campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Ed Mendenhall
Mengenhall
Navy commendation for Lt. L A Parker in North African waters
Lt. L A Parker USNR, son of Mrs. L R Parker of Buies Creek North Carolina, has received a commendation from the commander of the U S naval forces in North African waters for his service in the theater during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
L. A. Parker
USNR
L. R. Parker
Buies Creek
N. C
U. S
North African
British Sailors Work Snow Shoveling for 65 Cents Hour
Boston Massachusetts February 12 more than 200 British sailors shovel snow in the yards of the Boston and Maine Railroad earning 65 cents an hour. Cargo trains stood idle while crews cleared tracks amid cold winds and steady work for the sailors on a wartime assignment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arold Hipps
Methodists
Dr. Smart
Henry Roach
Lake Street
Snow Lumber Company
Esther Sharon Finch
U. S. Army
England
Harry Brown Finch
Army Engineers
Esther Sharon
Ms. Finch
Helen Crowder
Baby
Steele Street
Capt. Finch
W.S
Draft Board
Colleges Council
VFW
WMC
Brotherhood
Illiamsburg
John D. Rockefeller
Virginia
Old Stage Road
Lord Cornwallis
Marquis de Lafayette
George Washington
France
Society of Friends of Deep River Meeting
Shaner
SPAR
Mendenhall
Treasury Department
Frank J. Re
Key Rehad
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