Victory Poem and City Bicycle Club Idea column
A sixth grade student authors a Victory Poem urging war bond support. City Hall weighs forming a Bicycle Club as city employees bicycle to work, praising cycling for exercise and fuel efficiency amid tire and gasoline rationing. The piece blends local humor with street-level updates on biking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Street School
Sam
Proxo Nance, JR
O. K
Jamestown
City Hall
Charlotte
Monday postal service to run with limited hours
Post office will observe a holiday on Monday yet will open a general delivery window from 9 to 12. Morning city mail delivery will proceed and all mail will be dispatched to trains as usual, as announced by Percovetey S C Clark yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Focal Post
Percovetey S C. Clark
High Point Young Business Leader Pee Wee Garland
Robert Gordy Garland, vice president and secretary of Mann Drug Stores in High Point, is a prominent young businessman and local sports enthusiast. A native of the city and High Point High School alum, he is married to Virginia Britt Pickens on June 17, 1930, and the couple resides at 215 Woodrow Avenue. He belongs to the Elks Club Emerywood Country Club Mercury Athletic Club and the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gordy Garland
Mann Drug Stores
High Point
Mr. Garland
R. Garland
Pee Wee” Garland
High Point High School
Elks Club
Emerywood Country Club
The
Mercury Athletic Club
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
Mer. Garland
Virginia Britt Pickens
More Manufacturing Space Urgently Needed in High Point
High Point faces a severe shortage of vacant industrial space the chamber calls the greatest in years hindering defense era expansion. Officials say serious consideration is underway to form a local syndicate to fund new plant facilities to attract factories and fatigues production for the armed forces, with needs ranging from 10,000 to 1,000,000 square feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Frank J. Sizemore
Chamber
War Production Board
Charlotte
High PWA Official Visits Dam Site. Local Officials Puzzled
A Public Works Administration official visited the Yadkin River dam site with City Manager E. M. Knox and Judge Roy Deal. The visit left the Board of Power Commissioners uncertain about its significance or impact on the hydroelectric project, with optimism for spring answers but no definite conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Works Administration
Board of Power Commissioners
George Mueth
Pwaa
Washington
E. M. Knox
Roy Deal
Winston-Salem
Power Board
Yadkin River
Knox
Deal
Mucth
Mueth
Reporter’s misquote stirs clash over stray dogs policy
Behind the Record recounts a mayoral remark and a quoted misstep by a reporter that sparked mockery toward City Manager Knox and Police in a stray dog debate. Health Director Herring notes enforcement and safety concerns as councilors consider stricter penalties for dogs at large amid public outcry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. LC. Hunt
Knox
Civilian Defense Corps to hold basic course for 950 workers
A three session basic course for Civilian Defense Corps members will begin March 3 at Senaor High School with about 950 assigned defense workers as students. The course runs March 3 5 and 10 at 7 30 pm and requires no exams. attendance proves knowledge. A separate first aid course begins March 2 for auxiliary police.
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Civilian Defense Corps
Senaor High School
Charles F. Carroll
Civilian Defense Council
Carroll
Carrall
Staff Corps
Motor Corps
Home Guard
CDC
Harolde Kearns
W. F. Bailey
Taylor Simpson
Bailey
High Point
Simpson
Red Cross War Fund Donations Totals 12020.50
Donations listed for the Red Cross War Fund include contributions from American Legion Auxiliaries, Mr. and Mrs. Welborn, Blackwelder's Barbecue, New Service Laundry, Hamilton-Boone Lumber Company, Mr. and Mrs. Size, John F. Bivins, McLarty Drug Co, Sechrest Funeral Home, Emma Blair School, Jarrett's Stationery Co and others. Total contributions amount to 12,020.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Wes Oe
John F. Bivins
McLarty Drug Co
Sechrest
Homer
Emma Blair School
Jarrett’s Stationery Co
S Ccial
Five Cargo Ships Launched Across U S Shipyards
Five cargo ships totaling over 30 000 deadweight tons were launched Saturday in United States shipyards. Two more of 10 500 tons had been launched earlier in the week. Keels laid this week, commission predicts a two to five day launching rate by late April or early May. Locations included Ma tute Ala Baltimore Wilmington N C Bacaumont Tex and Seattle Wash.
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Washington
United States
Maritime Commission
Matute
Ala
Baltimore
Wilmington
N.C
Bacaumont
Local Young Men Take Y M C A Posts In State
Two High Point youths long active with the local Y M C A have joined North Carolina branches. Robert W. Hartley, son of Ed gar Hartley, becomes Boys Work secretary at Fayetteville Y M C A and has started there. Lelon Cooper, son of Mrs. T P Cooper, joins the Elkin Y M C A physical education department and has gone to Elkin with his wife accompanying him.
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High Point
North Carolina
Robert W. Hartley
Edgar Blartley
Hartley
Fayetteville
A. Hartley
Lelon Cooper
T. P. Cooper
Physical Education
Elkin
Rotary Club Revue to Benefit Crippled Children Clinic
The Rotary Club plans its annual revue All American Follies on March 13 and 14 to fund a crippled children clinic. The club has also financed an iron lung and truck for emergency use, with High Point Fire Department staff ready to operate. Since starting the clinic about 100 examinations have been conducted under Dr R A Herving, the city health officer.
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Rotary Club
High Point
Fire Department
Phil W. Grandjean
R.A. Herving
Almost 4 000 Men Registered for Selective Service Here
About 3 807 men of military age registered last week across two draft boards in the city, 2 132 by Board 4 and 1 675 by Board 5, bringing total registrations in three days to 11 887. Registrants await third lottery in Washington as authorities plan for potential reclassifications and quotas.
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Draft Board
Draft Board 4
Jamestown Township
Deep River Township
Washington
New Regulation Sets CCC Enrolment Rules
The Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees must agree to accept assignments to any U S camp where needed. Miss Gladis Kivett of Guilford County welfare says the change shifts CCC funding to a wartime basis and prioritizes camps in the ninth corps area for resource protection. Enrollment remains separate from military service with two main work divisions: war construction aid and war resource protection and development. Applications are now being accepted at the welfare office.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
United States
Gladis Kivett
Guilford County Welfare Department
Miss Kivett
CCC
Corps
Ninth Corps
Ita Lional
Four Per Cent Pay Hike For City Teachers Announced
City board approved a four percent salary increase for teachers. A Classroom Teachers Association study shows yearly raises range from 2.88 to 4.33 dollars per month on a twelve month basis. Of 156 white teachers, 96 will gain 48.42 annually and others receive smaller increments. similar increases apply to four masters certificate holders and local Negro teachers. Janitors and maids also receive raises.
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City Board of School Commissioners
Classroom Teachers Association
Emma Blair School Raises Funds For War Cause
Emma Blair School students collected 28.52 for the Red Cross War Fund using various efforts. A grade five report by Joyce Burrows notes a zoo show from a fourth grade, PTA memberships prizes, a Lonette band from the sixth grade with vocal music, and an all-students admission program yielding 15.62. Some rooms make kites to sell for the Red Cross and others plan plays to raise more money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Blair School
Red Cross War Fund
Joyce Burrows
Uacj
Parent-Teacher Association
Red Cross
Man repays welfare dept for help in Guilford
A Guilford man repaid a local welfare department after they covered a $136 hospital bill for his wife in 1935. He had learned of the payment only recently and decided to settle the debt, saying his new job allowed him to save enough to repay the amount. The supervisor noted no prior precedent for such repayments.
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Welfare Department
Gladis Wnlvett
Miss Whivett
Miss Kivett
Guilford
Chairman Of Membership Drive In City
J. J Corrigan a hosiery unit executive has been named general chairman for the annual Y M C A membership campaign to run March 16 through 20 Edgar Hartley general secretary says North Carolina State College coach E M Waller will be principal speaker at the opening dinner Monday March 16 A feature will honor 125 Y M C A athletes and 1200 boys joined in January activities 35 teams from ten counties entered the Gold Medal tournament Earlier a letter from J E Marsh president commending 30 leaders for their service to the ALC A program was read by the directors
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J. J Corrigan
Edgar Hartley
E. M. Waller
North Carolina State College At
Raleigh
M.C. A
Harting
J. E. Marsh
Oye
Bob Weyler to Speak at High Point Mass Meeting
Bob Weyler of Indianapolis will address a mass meeting of Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners members in High Point on Friday February 27 at 7 30 pm Regional director Joe Byrd announced delegates from Reidsville Winston Salem High Point Greensboro Thomasville Lenoir Wilson and Asheboro will attend James F Barrett a Treasury Department official will also speak C A Fink and five regional vice presidents will participate A future date will be set for deciding bargaining agents for local plants and a Labor Board hearing on Hickory Chair Company firings will be held next Thursday at Newton The piece also notes a Jeep amphibian creation from canvas training soldiers undercover
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Bob Weyler
Indianapolis
Ind
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
American Federation of Labor
High Point
Joe Byrd
Brotherhood
Wilk
Reidsville
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Thomasville
Lenoir
Wilson
Asheboro
James F. Barrett
North
Reids Ville
W. B. Garland
Ed Crouch
A. BE. Brown
Durham
Boyd
Marsh Furniture Company
Myrtle Desk Company
Williams Lumber Company
Labor Board
Hickory Chair Company
Newton
Herbert O. Eby
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Corrigan
Y.M.C.A
John Mebane
Cassie Dunn
J. L. Perkins
Bicycle Club
Coola Weathall
Wide World News Service
Greece
Turkey
Chasedol, Jr
Main Street
Chase
Robert G. Garland
PWA
Enterprise
Wirkitian
Johm Peace
Cennec
Robt. W. Hartley
ZJ. J. Corrigan
Emma Blair
Waller
Iiss
Young Men's Christian Association
Culler
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