World Day Of Prayer Ceremonies At First Baptist Church
World Day of Prayer events proceed Friday afternoon with a continuous program from 1 to 3 at First Baptist Church. Women from city churches will participate, with clergy offering prayers and music by Mrs. Harry Monroe at the organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
High Point Council of Church Women
Tak
Will
R. T. Cottam
St. Mary's Organization
FL Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Moffitt
First Venellas Church
F. J. Mar
Charles
Fisteee Church
H. 8, Jr
Archdale Friends
Thomas
First Baptist
J. A. Eshelman
Wesley Memorial
Cecil Haworth
Central Friends
Mildred Whitener
Wesley Memorail Methodist
Harry Monroe
Lt A J Parker Promoted with Seven Others Announced
War Department announces eight temporary promotions of Carolinian officers. From North Carolina: Thomas Horne Leath up to Major. Robert Kenley Richbourg to Captain. Robert Hardy Baker to First Lieutenant. Allen Julian Parker. Jannie C Johns on Point. C Maysville. Wade Augusta Register. South Carolina: Hardin Cobb. Lucius Loring Pitts promoted for active duty in Medical Corps. Also Capt William Joseph Butt and Ast Lt Thomas William Talbert of Columbia and 1st Lt Charles Yerman Andrews of Sumter. Red Cross plea follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
North Carolina
Thomas Horne Leath
Aus
Fayetteville Road
Rockingham
Robert Kenley Richbourg
Box
Asheville
Robert Hardy Baker
Contentnea St
Farmville
Allen Julian Parker
Emerywood
Eo Hi
Jan
Last Of Quadruplets Dies In Alabama
Dianne Hutto, the last of four quadruplets born to a 23 year old army paratrooper wife, died at Benevolent hospital in Decatur Alabama. Doctors cited weakness and prematurity as the cause, following the deaths of the sisters and brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur, Alas
Dianne Hutto
Benevolent Hospital
Cooperation Urged for High Point City Directory canvass
The High Point chamber asks all residents to aid Hill Directory Company by returning the data postcards. Secretary Frank Sizemore notes postcards supplement the house to house canvass, with outsidecorporate residents especially urged to respond to include names in the new directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Hill Directory Company
New City
Frank Sizemore
Sizemore
Pew
City complying with ceiling on rents in High Point
A Bureau of Labor Statistics survey shows average rent increases in High Point from March 1 1942 to November 1 1943 were under half a percent. Six percent of homes rose about 2.82 while three percent fell about 3.94. Deputy Administrator Ivan D. Carson noted substantial compliance in the Greensboro defense rental area and promised close watch and action if rents rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jonathan D. Hawkins
Ivan D. Carson
Hawkins
Greensboro Defense
Carson
Fire crews respond to two blazes causing light damage
Firemen answered two calls late yesterday afternoon and last night. At C. W. Ring’s home 115 West Commerce street smoke and fire caused slight damage and the blaze is thought to have started in a doll bed. The flames were put out by a booster pump. Early last night smoke also caused slight damage at T. Y. Carpenter’s cafe on English street, the trouble starting from a flue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Ring
West Commerce Street
T. Y. Carpenter's Cafe
English Street
Brotherhood Week Program Tonight At H P C
A city wide Brotherhood Week program is set for 7 30 at High Point College Horace S Haworth chairs the event Ten minute talks on Brotherhood are to be given by Rabbi Colgan Mihaley Thomas J C and Dr C Excelle Roz ae Cadets from the college with Army Air Forces training attend the ceremony The program aligns with a National Conference of Christians and Jews movement promoting goodwill toward all creeds races and nations The St Dunstan Boy Choristers directed by G M Nich develops Jubilate and other numbers include Norma Mae Sooke and Helen Upshaw singing Lift Thine Eyes Mendelssohn and Ave Maria Arcadell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Horace S. Haworth
Brotherhood Week
Brotherhood
Colgan Mihaley
Thomas J. C
C. Excelle Rozae
Colege
Army Air Forces
Loill
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Havence
St. Dunstan
G. M. Nich
Els
Schubert
Shaw
Salen
Norma Mae Sooke
Tae Sale
Helen Upshaw
Mendelssohn
Marie
Arcadell
Miss Salechow
Purse Snatcher Held After January Theft
Police hold J. McReese Mack a 30 year old man on $500 bond for snatching a purse from Louise Edwards on Commerce Street near city hall on January 29. Additional charges expected. Mack admits a series of purse snatchings. Several witnesses to identify him later this afternoon and tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. McReese Mack
Leonard Street
Commerce Street
City Hall
Louise Edwards
Blain Street
Mack
Miss Edwards
RED Cross
Bolt Speaks on Trusts at Rotary Club Meeting
J. P. Bolt told the Rotary Club at the Sheraton that trusts require proper supervision and estate planning to protect dependents. He noted federal and state inheritance taxes push people toward professional trust companies and outlined the long history of wills and trusts in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Bolt
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Bolt
America
USO Hostesses Invited To Sedgefield Dance
USO executive director Miss Virginia Frank said junior hostesses may attend a farewell dance for service men at the Sedgefield detachment. Transportation will be provided from the USO center. Call between 11 and 12 tomorrow morning. Licenses issued to Marion Summey and Lee Dixon. Huel Frohman and Edith Jones. Vaughn Johnson and Agnes Byerly. Clarence Kemp and Marjorie Glenn English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Sedgefield
Virginia Frank
Frank
Deputy Register of Deeds
Gene Horney
Marion Summey
Guilford County
Lee Dixon
Guilford
Huel Frohman
Racine, Wis
Edith Jones
Vaughn Johnson
Alexander County
Agnes Byerly
Clarence E. Kemp
Guilforde County
Marjorie Glenn English
Randolph County
Happy Hedgepeth Completes Forty Mediterranean Missions
J C Happy Hedgepeth of High Point returned from Mediterranean service after completing forty missions with the Seventh Army air force. Flying in a B 26 Marauder, he earned the air medal and eight oak leaf clusters. He describes dangerous flak and near misses over Rome and Sicily, praises his Shark squadron, and notes the war feels closer to the Home Front than locals realize.
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S/Sat
J. C
Happy
Hedgepeth
Air Force
Seventh Army
North Africa
Ines
J. W. Hedgepeth
Steele Street
Messerschmidts
Rome
Milo
Sicily
Mediterranean
Africa
Mickey Schwartz
Mickey
Casablanca
Shark
Oran
Lrst
Pantelleria
Italy
Sardinia
France
Messina
Salerno
Els
Zee
Naples
Germany
Oer
Aycock
Lexington
High Point
Happy Hedgepeth
R. P. Wiel
G. R
R. B. Polk
W. R. Barrett
J. F. Perrin
Nash
Half Million Needed for High Point Memorial Hospital
Duke Endowment official Dr. W. S. Rankin told High Point trustees and medical staff that building the hospital would cost 500 000 to 600 000 dollars with about 25 percent expected from the Endowment. He urged site planning to accommodate 25 to 50 years of growth and noted a 300 bed need now with 500 beds future projection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Rankin
Duke Endowment
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point
Rankin
Duke
J. P. Richardson
High Point Memorial War
Carter Dalton
Board of
Hospital Trustees
Negent
Fot
W. L. Jackson
Sheraton Hotel
H. L. Brockmann
P. W. Flagg
L. L. Wilkinson
W. KX. McCain
W. R. McCain
S. S. Saunders
C. 8Ason
J. E. Slate
M. Leath
K. B. Geddie
M. J. Slate
J. W. Slate
Seborn Perry
W. R. Peters
Inductees Must Check at Board Before Leaving
All men slated to depart Saturday February 26 from draft board five for pre induction examinations must check by the board office on the second floor of the Post Office before leaving Saturday morning. Registrants on probation parole or under bond must check by the board Friday afternoon to resolve difficulties so they can leave Saturday morning as scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board Five
Florida SPARS recruitment offers glamour and service
Yeoman Second Class Jean Guild tours High Point recruiting women for the SPARS Coast Guard branch. Aptitude tests will be given at the Post Office. sworn-in recruits spend two weeks at home then six weeks basics in Palm Beach with possible further training, then active duty. Applicants must be 20 or older, high school educated, American citizens, unmarried to a Coast Guard member, and without children under 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Mainbocher
SPAR
Jean Guild
Yeoman
SPARS
United States Coast Guard
Yeoman Guild
High Point
Palm Beach
Fla
Coast Guard
Wimbish Re elected Head of Sedgefield Country Club
Charles C. Wimbish of Greensboro is reelected president of Sedgefield Country Club for the coming year. Other officers named include T. V. Rochelle of High Point as first vice president and Dr. A. T. Smith of Greensboro as third vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Wimbish
Greensboro
Sedgefield Country Club
Army Air Forces
Wimbish
T.V. Rochelle
High Point
A. T. Smith
R. Homer Wheeler
Dr. Smith
W.W. Sharp, Jr
Jack Garrett
Gaffney
Greens
James McDowell
R. H. Wheeler
H. A. Gaffney
Oscar N. White
W. W. Sharp, Jr
H. Clark
W.W. Burgess
W.G. Ragsdale
L.A. Schwabenton
E.H. Angle
H.N. Warner
Ed L. Dark
Alvin Bensing
Frank J. Trepke
W. Wray Ward
H.A. Gaffney
L. A. Schwabenton
H.A
Dave A. Long, Jr
Thomasville
Ert Keiswetter
Asheboro
Five Permits Issued For Repair Work Here
Five permits for repairs and alterations were issued this morning at the city building and plumbing inspector's office. The Green Street Baptist church will be painted and repaired at a cost of 500 dollars. J Clyde Bostian will repair a hosiery mill at 156 South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Building and Plumbing Inspector
Green Street Baptist
J. Clyde Bostian
Repairs Planned for Several Dwellings on Ward Mangum and Centennial
D. W. Hunter to repair a storage house at 1219 Ward street for 800 dollars. John T. Suits to repair a dwelling at 811 Mangum street for 600 dollars. J. H. Mackenfuss to repair and paint a residence at 314 Centennial for 15 dollars. Hamilton street project costs 1,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Street
D. W. Hunter
Ward Street
John T. Suits
Mangum Street
J. H. Mackenfuss
Centennial
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Baby
Steven Monroe Presnell
Daddy
Steven
Pfc
John W. Presnell
U. S. Marines
Presnell
Pesnell
June Zachary
Archdale
Victory
North Main Street
Chamber
Daily Dispatch
Enterprise
Victory Board
Shelby Chamber of Commerce
Shelby Chamber
Doyle Alexander
Greer Street
Alexander
Camp Sutton
N.C
Corona
Calif
High Point Overall Company
Res
Mary Lee Alexander
A.J. Parker
Alabama
Opa
H.P.C
Sedgefield Dance
Dr. Rankin
New Hospital Group
Fancy Dress
C. C. Wimbish
Grandma
Nature
Dean
Pilla
Doan
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