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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1944
Page
11
Celebration follows William Allen's final mortgage payment on his Oak View home. He borrowed 7000 in 1979, faced job loss and bank failures, but refinancing kept him afloat. Yesterday he bought a big cigar, sat on his roof, and smoked it in triumph with his wife nearby.
The city plans to issue 248000 in debt refunding bonds to retire similar bonds at interest rates from 4 to 5.25 percent. City leadership cites improving finances, rising delinquent tax collections, and a businesslike street assessment program as reasons for anticipated lower borrowing costs.
The text notes the circle is divided into 360 degrees and attributes the idea to ancient Egyptians who counted the year as 360 days. It reflects a historical link between calendar systems and geometric measurement.
Maj Claude F Reitzel Jr of the Army Air Corps has been promoted to lieutenant colonel. He is stationed in Iceland and travels to England as liaison to the RAF. He described a letter home noting casual dinners with friends in KALE and praised English camaraderie and the heavy bombing of the Ruhr region.
City wide Council of Church Women sponsors North Carolina town High Point observing World Day of Prayer on February 25 with a 1 to 3 pm union program at First Baptist church and a noontime chime prayer at Wesley Memorial. Mrs. Robert Cottam will preside.
High Point city officials and teachers prepare a postwar plan survey to map household expenditures and home building intentions. The program, aligned with Rotary International Workpile, will mail questionnaires via the oldest child in each family with questions on appliances autos furnishings and property improvements. Businesses will report anticipated hiring and equipment needs as well.
Washington's Birthday will be celebrated in High Point this year but will not stop work. Banks and the post office will close, but post office service remains. No mail delivery in city or rural routes. general delivery runs 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.. most mail dispatched as usual. The railway express office may patch observed time with about half staff off. Draft and rationing boards and stores keep regular hours.
Plans are set for Paul Manning foreign correspondent of eight years to appear Thursday evening March 2 at 8 o'clock in the Senior high school auditorium under the Exchange Club. Before the lecture Manning will be joined by Mrs. Ernestine Strickland who will play a half hour recital. Manning will show one sound film and a silent technicolor feature with explanations and will discuss the sky war and its effect on the duration of World War II.
High Point rationing board warned 100 eateries must register for new meat processed foods and sugar allotments by the March 1 deadline. Only about 60 of 160 establishments had filed by February 18, and certificates will be issued only to compliant firms for March and April. Ration plans now base allotments on refreshments served as well as meals.
High Point ministers and business leaders will meet next Tuesday February 22 at 6 15 pm at the Sheraton hotel to discuss The Problem of Full War time Cooperation for Victory. The gathering follows a planned church industry group formed by Harry G Bell inviting about 300 citizens. Guest speakers include Rev Homer Wilson and Dr J G Greer.
A new Council on International Relations will be formed Tuesday at 8 PM at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. Dr. Eugene E. Pfaff of Greensboro will speak. The group aims to educate on international relations, cooperate with the Southern Council, and organize programs through clubs, schools, and libraries.
War Fund drive for 1944 plans underway with Henry Foscue as chairman and a city-wide canvass set to begin the week of March 6. A kickoff on March 7 will feature spoke from Governer Broughton and Red Cross official Max Meisel Jr sharing frontline experiences.
Local draft boards paused review of registrants deferred for agricultural activity awaiting guidance from Selective Service headquarters. They previously eliminated 3-C classifications and aimed to reclassify some 2-C and 3-A cases as orders progressed, with farmers under specific unit thresholds in Guilford County affected.
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