High Point Quota Set for 4th War Loan at 3 865 500
High Point residents businesses and plants are urged to buy War Loan bonds to reach a daily quota of 154 620 from Jan 18 to Feb 15 with Ed Mendenhall as local loan chairman and J T Warmath Guilford county loan chief. The county quota totals 15 462 000 with High Point responsible for 34 750. The campaign emphasizes E bonds with low denominations and notes North Carolina's statewide 44 million target. Local divisions plan centrally located sales booths and mothers volunteers for this drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Ed Mendenhall
J. T. Warmath
Guile County Loan
Greensboro
Treasury
Mendenhall
North Carolina
Guilford County
C. F. Tomlinson
H. A. Millis
Father Of Mrs Sykes Dies In Chase City Virginia
Word reached here that A M S 6T 83 father of Mrs W M Sykes of 320 Avery Street died at his home in Chase City Virginia last Friday afternoon after a heart attack Thursday night. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pm at a Chase City funeral home with burial in a local cemetery. Survivors include Mrs Sykes and four sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Sykes
Avery Street
Chase City
Mra. Sykes
Mr. G
High Point
Scouts Form 16 New Troops In This Council
The council reports organization of 16 new Scout troops and a total of 78 beeps and 13 Cub A items worth 19 100 for 1944. Treasurer H R Williamson and finance chairman Joe Johnson present district participation. Plans include a council study of Catholic and Jewish participation and completion of leader training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Williamson
Joe Johnson
E. J. Gallagher
Salisbury
Max Bones
High Point
C. W. Peeler
Charles W. Perry
Clyde Hunt
Glenn Pennington
Advancement
Lans
D. A. Rawley
Tom Kitchen
Health and Safety
Rev. C. Excellene
Inter-Racial Committee
St. Marks Metont Church
Blake Thompson
Service Members Visit Families and Graduates Reported
William A. Haworth Jr at Parris Island spent the weekend with his parents at 1 East Green Street. Pfc John Albert Evans on furlough from maneuvers in Shreveport arrived for eleven days with his parents at 906 East Green Street. Pfc James M. Morrow, son of Annie M. Morrow of 1426 Tryon Street, graduated from the B 24 Liberator bomber mechanics school at Keesler Field Biloxi and is ready for active duty. The Farrriss Andrews Bible class meeting at First Baptist church was postponed to Friday night at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Haworth
Parris Island Marine Base
South Carolina
W. A. Haworth
East Green Street
Face Evans
John Albert
Face) Evans
Shreveport
W. V. Evans
Farriss-Andrews
First Baptist Church
James M. Morrow
Annie M. Morrow
Tryon St
Keesler Field
Biloxine
Jamestown Youth Leaves for Fort Bragg
Charles Elmer Clayton Pickard son of Mr and Mrs R J Pickard of Jamestown left Tuesday morning for Fort Bragg to enter the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bragg
Charles Elmer Clayton Pickard
R. J. Pickard
Jamestown
Armed Forces
Army air corps clerk to wed in High Point visit
Cpl. Margaret E. Cameron arrives next Sunday from Chanute Field Illinois where she serves as filing clerk at Post Headquarters. She will be a part of the High Point arrival events and related ceremonies as she visits prior to a possible engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. Cameron
High Point
Chanute Field
Ill
U. S. Army Air Corps
Cpl
Cameron
Steel release eyed for High Point hydro project
High Point project director H B Shannon said a steel release may allow resumption of the Yadkin river dam project. He notes two thirds of needed property has been secured and cites War Production Board hints lifting civilian iron and steel bans before nonessential manufacturing. City Manager Roy Braden calls the dam a post war project and doubts labor will be available before the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Shannon
High Point
War Production Board
Washington
Yadkin
Shannon
Roy S. Braden
Black-Out Here Planned Thursday Night At 9 15
Air raid warning and practice blackout set for Thursday night January 13 in High Point Greensboro warning district. Blue signal at 9 15 p m and all clear at 9 57 p m indicate enemy action and return to lights respectively. Main aim is to test civil defense all phases and alert control center systems.
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High Point
Greensboro
State Office of
Civilian F Defense
Defense Corps
Control Center
City Council Asked to Change Bus Schedules in War Time
A motion from a High Point group seeks to shift public bus times by 30 minutes later in the morning and extend the evening run by 30 minutes. The Associated Industries of High Point ratified the plan after analyzing local transport during daylight saving time and calls for the council to support a move to standard eastern time for six winter months and daylight saving for six summer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eacgesan
Associated Industries of
High Point
Hi Point
Hal A. Davis
Duke Power Company
C. T. Ingram, Sr
C. L. Amos
R. T. Holton
C. M. Garrison
Elliott
Mayor urges High Point residents to attend council meeting
Mayor Arnold J. Koonce calls on all High Point citizens to attend a special city council meeting at the county building court room tomorrow night. The session will feature six months of department reports and an opportunity for the public to question officials as the council tackles a lengthy agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold J. Koonce
High Point
Koonce
North Carolina
Roy S. Braden
High School Musicians Perform at Civitan Club Meeting
Five senior high band members entertained Civitan Club at the Sheraton hotel. Kenneth Ellington and Clarence Hayes played clarinet solos with Mood Indigo, Horace Davis sang The Desert Song on baritone horn, and Bill Spaugh with Bobby Hauser performed a cornet duet Two Guitars. Henry Hodgin directed. Members thanked for cigarette donations to the High Point cadets Christmas dinner and the sanitorium. Henry Koontz won the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Kenneth Ellington, Jr
Clarence Hayes
Mood Indigo
Horace Davis
Bill Spaugh
Bobby Hauser
Henry Hodgin
Civitans
High Point Oe
Henry Koontz
Furlough to Bring Relative to West Howell Street Home
The report notes a ten day furlough for a person visiting the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Ridge at 804 West Howell street, the visitor being related to the sister.
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Uest
G. R. Ridge
West
Howell Street
Rozzelle Outlines Postwar Plan At Exchange Club
Dr C Excelle Rozzelle of Wesley Memorial Church spoke on The World We Want outlining a six point postwar program. He urged freedom to worship and think, sacred life, ownership of home, work rights, and a federation of nations under law as the path to a safe world. J Rozzelle urged the U S to pioneer this future beyond a league of nations. Board of control members Jimmy Bulla J D Ross and C L Russell were installed. Visitors Boyd Royals and Garland Ridge attended. Paul Callaham won the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Club
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Church
Rozzelle
League of Nations
J. Rozzelle
Board of Control
Jimmy Bulla
J. D. Ross
C. L. Russell
Boyd Royals
Garland Ridge
Paul Callaham
Mrs. Nancy Adams Brown Dies at 74 in Sophia
Nancy Adams Brown 74 of Sophia route one died at her home after a short illness. Funeral service will be at Marlboro Friends church Wednesday at 4 PM with interment in the church cemetery. She leaves her husband M. E. Brown five sons W M D L J R Brown of Randleman E E Brown of Asheboro James N Brown of Sophia four daughters and a brother plus 31 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. WACs are filling two hundred different jobs in the Army Air Forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Randleman
Nancy Adams Brown
Sophia
Marlboro Friends Church
M. E. Brown
W. M
D. L
J. R. Brown
E. E. Brown
Furniture Shortage Seen Likely Until Lumber Freed
J T Ryan of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association says even with iron and steel released, a furniture shortage will persist due to lumber cuts, spring and hardware shortages, and war labor constraints. Retailers have canceled orders and many plants face uncertain demand as WPB policies bite. High Point plants struggle under L-49 and other restrictions on metal content in bedding and furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Action Board
J. T. Ryan
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Ryan
War Production Board
Victory Model
Ae Ee
Ryan Sa
Victory Furniture
Met Litan
High Point
Swift to Address FSA District Meet Here in February
Vance E. Swift state director of Farm Security Administration from Raleigh will be the principal speaker at the FSA district meeting at the Sheraton Hotel February 13 and 14. Twenty seven Piedmont counties represented by county chairmen and supervisors will plan tenant purchaser meetings. Counties listed include Alamance Cabarrus Caswell Catawba Chatham Davidson Davie Durham Forsyth Gaston Guilford Montgomery Randolph Rockingham Rowan Stanly Stokes Surry Union Wilkes Yadkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance E. Swift
Farm Security Administration i
Raleigh
FSA
Cabarrus
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Davidson
Davie
Durham
Forsyth
Gaston
Guil— Ee. Ee
Montgomery
Age
Rson
Randolph
Rockingham
Rowan
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Union
Wilkes
Yadkin
One Thousand Women Now On Duty With WASPs
About one thousand women are on duty with the WASP program of the Army Air Forces as pilots and support personnel, expanding the service and contributing to military aviation. The WASPs operate across training and ferrying missions, aiding air crews and defense efforts during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wasps
Army Air Forces
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