Negro YMCA Charter Drive Reaches 775 Members
The Negro YMCA Charter Membership Campaign ends with 775 charter members as local white and colored citizens attend a 1,000-person open house at Ora K. Martin residence. Officials praise efforts by steering committees, credit volunteers, and city leaders including Mayor Arnold Koonce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negro Ymca
SE. Yokely
Ora K. Martin
East
Washington Street
House Committee
H. L. White
YMCA
Theodore Walker
Willaim Saunders
J. E. Mellon
J. C. Morgan
W.S. McLeod
W. F.reget
H. H. Croft
J. A. Martin
S. E. Burford
High Point
Woodmen Camp Meets Tuesday Evening in Piedmont
Woodmen of the World Piedmont Camp meets Tuesday night at 7 30 P M Glenn T Smith council commander Edgar C Johnson financial secretary urged. visiting sovereigns invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of the World
Piedmont Camp
Grex
Glenn T. Smith
Council Commader
Edgar C. Johnson Financial Sect
Lang's Gastric Tablets Offer Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Lang's Gastric Tablets as a modern remedy for acid stomach distress including poor digestion heartburn sour stomach and gassiness. It invites clipping the ad and purchasing at Mann's Cut Rate Drug Store with a 25 cent first purchase offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Sprat
Lang
Mann
Cut Rate Drug Store
City Eyes Immediate Street Work After State Water Visit
Public Works Director T C Kirkman and City Manager Roy Braden hosted a surprise visit by state engineers to review street and road connections. They discussed plans for deferred fall projects and new needs, with about 40 000 in state funds available and half in construction. City officials will prepare estimates to begin work as soon as weather allows, backed by praise for the department's crack pouring method to preserve paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
T. C. Kirkman
Roy S. Braden
T. W. Fahenstock
T. A. Burton
James W. Jenkins
W. W. White
Point
Mr. Kirkman
Kirkman
Public Works
Braden
Public Works Department
Petite Siamese Twins Entertainers Shine At Local Theatre
World famous Siamese twins Violet and Daisy Hilton appeared yesterday at a local theatre. They discussed life on stage, marriages, and touring history, noting 34 years on stage, five in pictures, and extensive U.S. and European performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toni Denson
Violet
Daisy Hilton
Burch
Daisy
San Antonio
Texas
Europe
Tae
United States
Dallas
Orpheum
Rites Planned in Surry County for Jno R Hudson
Funeral services for John Robert Hudson who died suddenly at his Winston-Salem home will be held Wednesday at 2 PM from Liberty Primitive Baptist church in Surry County with burial in the church cemetery. The funeral party will depart from the Shady Grove community home at noon. The family requests no flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
John Robert Hudson
Winston-Salem
Liberty Primitive Baptist Church
Surry County
Shady Grove
Hudson
Local IRS urged taxpayers to file by March fifteenth
Deputy collectors at the local Internal Revenue Service office warned that delays could mean long lines as taxpayers are urged to seek help now to file income tax returns before the March 15 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Internal Revenue
Duke Power Speaker Highlights Rural Electricity Growth
John Paul Lucas of Duke Power in Charlotte addressed the Thomasville Lions Club at the Women’s Club Building. He outlined electricity’s role in daily life and rural development, noting comfort and farmer productivity gains. Dr J C Pennington and L H Orman led the program, with R B Carpenter attending as a Duke Power official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
John Paul Lucas
Duke Power Company
Charlotte
Lions Club
Womans Club
Lucas
J. C. Pennington
L. H. Orman
R. B. Carpenter
Duke Power
Additional Clerk for Rationing Board
Due to tightening rationing and more regulations a clerk was added to the local rationing board. Miss Mary Evelyn Burton reported for work yesterday morning, she is a local woman who had been employed at a local store. Plywood airplane propellers bonded electronically have eighteen times the strength of steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Jones
Jones
Mary Evelyn Burton
Board
Funeral Rites Held for Frank H. Myers
The funeral service for Frank H. Myers who died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Younts Saturday afternoon was held Monday at 2 at Fair Grove Methodist church. The pastor Rev. James Clemmer officiated with music by a quartet and Miss Jean Gregg at the piano. Pallbearers were Charles W. Tew T Brooks Gardner M A Williams L H Williams Grant Harris and Marvin Hill. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Frank H. Myers
C. T. Younts
Fair Grove Methodist Church
CIA
James Clemmer
Jesse Fritts
Raymond Rothrock
Ben Myers
M. H. Garner
Missie Jean Gregg
Charles W. Tew
T. Brooks Gardner
M. A. Williams
L. H. Williams
Grant Harris
Marvin Hill
R. W. Myers
Ration Board To Close On First Workday Each Month
F. F. Jones announced the ration board will close Thursday the first workday of the month to prepare the monthly report for the District office. The closure will occur on the first workday of every month regardless of the calendar date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Jones
Red Cross War Fund Workers Hear Skarren
Chas L Skarren Jr outlined overseas Red Cross services for volunteers as they prepare to solicit in local industries for a 1945 drive. He shared Europe field experiences including DeGaulle in Paris and German snipers, and showcased captured German souvenirs. The meeting urged a swift campaign to meet High Point s 59500 quota and noted a new device drying 2000 penicillin bottles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Chas. L. Skarren, Jr
France
Belgium
Germany
Americcn
R. E. Brown
Fayetteville
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Skarren
Mary Pegram
Southeastern Area
American Red Cross
High Point
W. B. McEwen
Horace S. Haworth
Local Man Joins Army While On Duty In Hawaii
Lee Bolen King a registrant from Archdale and selectee for induction went to Pearl Harbor to work then underwent pre induction testing in Hawaii. He passed and was inducted without seeing his wife and family first explaining the long distance to join the fighting forces. Before leaving High Point he worked at Wilson and Whitener Knob Works on English street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Bolen King
Selective Service Board
Army
King
Pearl Harbor
Archdale
Armed Service
Hawaii
High Point
Wilson and
Whitener Knob
English Street
Navy selects radio technician students for radar training
Everette Clyde Bryant William Wood Raper Jr. and Roy Johnson all of High Point receive letters from Captain W C Eddy U S N notifying them of their selection as Radio Technician students for training as radar men in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everette Clyde Bryant
William Wood Raper Jr
Roy Johnson
High Point
W. C. Eddy
U.S.N
U. S. Navy
City Plans Public Auction of Eight Properties
City will sell eight parcels at public auction next Monday at 11 o clock at the city door. Parcels include a Taylor street land tract of 58, a Commerce street site with 3 000 starting bid, 701 East Commerce, 1006 West Broad, 16 Barker, 817 Vail, Lots 3 and 4 block 2 at Southeast and Seborn Bayt, and Reed street corner parcels. Owner or bidders connected to each listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Taylor Street
East Commerce
West Broad Street
Barker Street
Vail Street
Tee
Seborn -_ Bayt
Lae
Reed —— Streets
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Esse
Negro Y.M.C.A
DeLagal
Ian
Ooncerne
Euone
Kr. Harmones
High Street
Jno
R. Hudson
Nat Walker
Fyel
Phoormat
Co Chilaren
B. F. Thomas
S. Main
Johns-Manville
Parker-Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
Downs
Manville
Red Cross War Fund
NAVY
Albert
South Main
Hedgecock Lumber CO
Ward Street
Allstate Tire
Sears
Allstate
Femme
N. SL. Yarnar Agency
Ruckers Sane Sers
North Main St
High Point, N. C
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