Day You Threw a Party Instead of Buying a Bond
A wartime memory contrasts a celebratory party with the urgent 4th War Loan drive. Attu battle hardships are described as soldiers endure cold, frostbite, and heavy shelling while a single corporal earns sergeant’s stripes amid heroic cliff assaults. The piece ends urging readers to invest at least $100 extra in Bonds during the drive.
Treasury War Ad Lists Local Businesses Backing the Attack
An official Treasury ad lists multiple local firms including Blue Bird Cab Co and Barber Furniture Co affirming support for the war effort. The notice outlines patriotic backing prepared under Treasury Department auspices and the War Advertising Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Bird Cab Co., Inc
Barber Furniture Co
Cecil’s Cut Rate Drug Store
Central Ice Delivery Co
Charles Department Store
City Shoe Shop
Cut Rate Furniture Co
Anderson’s West End Drug
W. F. Austin and Son
Bargain Furniture Co
Belk-Stevens Co
Betty Lou Shoppe
Big Bear Super Markets
Bloom Furniture Co
U. S. Treasury
Treasury Department and
War Advertising Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Attu
Emerywood Food Market
Firestone Stores
N.L. Garner Agency
Goodrich
Silvertown
Goodyear Service
Gray Concrete Pipe Co
Greene Tire Service, Inc
Hall Printing Co
Hedgecock Lumber Co
Duke Power Co
DeLuxe Diner
Eckerd’s Drug Co
Efird’s Department Store
Elwood Hotel
High Point
Samuel Hyman
Jones & Peacock
Eoonce Funeral Home Koontz McGhee Drug Co
Lexington Grocery Co
Lindale Dairy Corp
Mendenhall & Thompson
Modern Laundry
S. E. Hauser and Co
B. F. Hendrix
H. P. Chamber of Commerce
High Point Enterprise
H. P. Savings & Trust Co
Quality Shoe Store, Inc
Rainbow Diner
Redwine Hardware Co
Richardson’s Dept
Ring-Harris Pharmacy
S. Rabinowitz Rose Furniture Co
Rosanne Shop
Ruby’s, Jewelers
Nash Jewelry & Loan Co
Neill Motors North State Telephone Co
Paramount Furniture Co
Peggy Ann Shoppe