Thomasville Boy Sacrificed Life To Save His Mates
Lt. Raymond Reid of Thomasville sacrificed his life to save crew members when his B-26 Marauder crashed over Europe. The 21 year old pilot stayed at the controls to enable others to bail out, dying as the plane neared Switzerland. Reid, a 1941 high school graduate and NC State alumnus, had 60 overseas missions and the Air Medal with six oak leaf clusters.
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Germany
Switzerland
Reid
Knoxville
Tennessee
Thomasville
First Presbyterian Church
N. C. State College
Air Corps
Freeman Field
Seymour
Indiana
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Exchange Club Gives $850 to Hospital Fund
High Point Memorial Hospital's plans and equipment proposals were discussed by W R Peters business manager as the High Point Exchange Club met at the Sheraton hotel. The project committee report was presented and Jimmy Lovings announced delegates for the North Carolina State Exchange Clubs convention in Durham on July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Peters
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point Exchange Club
Sheraton Hotel
Hospital Fund
Rom
Jimmy Lovings
North Carolina State Exchange Clubs
Durham
R. T. Draughon
Brownie Wagner
C. L. Russell
Cecil Wilcon
Presit
Illness Fatal To Thomas Harville Of Jamestown
Thomas Franklin Harville 41 of Jamestown died in Thomasville hospital. He lived in Jamestown 25 years and worked as foreman at Oakdale Cotton mill. He married Linda Foust on October 29, 1924. she survives with his mother Mrs. Adelaide Harris Harville. Also surviving are a daughter Mrs. Fred Cruthis of Climax, two sons Horace and Merle Harville, four brothers C T Willi and D B Harville of Jamestown and J L Harville of Troy. The body rests at J C Green and Sons Funeral home, then Jamestown home. Funeral at Mitchell Grove Methodist church Wednesday at 4 pm. Burial in Mitchell Grove church cemetery.
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Thomas Franklin Harville
Jamestown
Thomasville Hospital
Montoe
Adelaide Harris’ Hall
Oakdale
Linda Foust
Fred Cruthis
Climax
Horace Harville
Merle Harville
C. T. Harville
Willi Harville
D. B. Harville
J. L. Harville
Troy
J. C. Green and Sons
Mitchell Grove Methodist Church
W. O. Goode
Jamestown - Oakdale
Long
Bales Chapel Methodist Church
Mitchell Grove Chesch
Funeral Rites for Mrs Alberta Williams
Funeral services for Mrs. Alberta Williams 91 of High Point Rt. 1 were held Monday at Deep River Friends church with Rev. Joseph Peele of Guilford College officiating. Interment followed in Deep River Cemetery. Active pallbearers included Marvin Wood Theodore Smith Clifton Willard Elmer Rothrock Clarence Thornton and Herman White. Honorary pallbearers numbered S J Best J M Gordon E J White J L Skeen Charles Williams M R Williams Tom Thornton S L Davis Bill Thornton and Ralph Thornton. Granddaughters and friends delivered floral offerings. The church choir with Mrs. Winifred Thornton at the piano sang three selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Williams
Alberta
Grandma) Williams
High Point
Rt. 1
Deep River Friends Church
Joseph Peele
Guilford College
Deep River Cemetery
Marvin Wood
Eodore Smith
Clifton Williard
Elmer Rothrock
Clarence Thornton
Herman White
High Point Man Attempts Suicide at Billiard Parlor
Lee Bowers 41 was found in the rear of a North Main Street billiard parlor after swallowing iodine and beer in an apparent suicide attempt. Police gave first aid and released him from the hospital. his address is listed as 722 Prospect Street. Caledonia is the Latin word for Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Bowers
North Main Street
Bowers
Prospect Street
Father Of 3 Victims Held By Police For Manslaughter
John C. Archie, father of two recent victims and operator of the denatured alcohol source, was arrested for murder after the deaths of John Henry Archie and Charlie Davis amid a rash of Negro alcoholic poisoning cases in the city. Police report Ben Lassiter and others are hospitalized. autopsies and toxin tests are underway to identify poison origins.
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John Henry Archie
1 Street
Charlie Davis
Willis Row
Ben Lassiter
Gordy Street
John C. Archie
Willistow
Richard Archie
Carrie Archie Douglas
J. A. Lowdermilk
Lowdermilk
Ames Nelson
Marie Nelson
Ocie Withers
John Hen Lee
Lee Wilson
Crowell Lilly
North Lee Street
Templeton Street
Alfred Poe
Tate Street
James Lawrence Jones
Hoover Street
Elnora Polite
Downing Street
William Norris
Woodbury Avenue
William Baldwin
Brooks Street
Theodore McRae
Perry Street
Young People To Be In Charge Of Union Service
High Point youth lead a Sunday youth night at First Presbyterian Church on July 29 at 8 PM with the theme Prayer in the World of Tomorrow. Eight Main Street churches gathered Sunday to organize committees for program publicity and counseling duties. A 50 voice youth choir directed by Prof Dan Smith will provide music, showcasing what local young people can accomplish.
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High Point
First Presbyterian Church
Main Street
Miss Hough
Jean Kline
Zellen Allen
Gilbert Gray
June Calclasure
Miss Davis
Neal Lancester
Percy Payne
Elna Kearns
Lyda_ Meredith
Buddie Boyles
Nancy White
50 Voices
Dan Smith
Murphy to Retire as County Jailer
J. Fred Murphy Guilford county jailer since 1933 will retire August 1 due to ill health and take up farming. Sheriff John Story announced Lee Stafford will succeed him after 14 years in the tax department. Stafford’s tax post will be filled by Sgt. Paul Gibson recently discharged from the army.
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J. Fred Murphy
Guilford County
John Story
Murphy
Lee Stafford
Tax Department
Stafford
Sgt
Paul Gibson
Carl Wright's Home Damaged By Blaze
A fire shortly before noon damaged the workshop attached to Carl Wright's home at 206 Best Street. Firemen extinguished the blaze before it spread further, but the shop was badly damaged and Wright, a lawn mower repairman, operated the workshop on the property.
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Carl Wright
Best Street
Wright
Guilford Court Fines and Sentences in High Point Session
High Point term of Guilford County Superior Court presided by Judge Felix E. Alley saw multiple defendants. Giles and Edwards received twelve month sentences for burglary and larceny while Johnson’s sentence was suspended on probation. Goodlin pleaded guilty to forgery, fined $50 with costs and a two year suspended sentence. Additional cases involved public drunkenness false pretense and assault with a deadly weapon. One defendant was hospitalized after drinking poison.
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Guilford County
William Floyd Goodlin
Chn
W. C. Welch
Ben Inman
Joe E. Medlin
C. W. Dedmon
Weston A. Hudson
Jessie Dunlap
Raspes
High Point
Madge Harrison
Ben Lassiter
Lassiter
USO Honors Hostesses With Service Pins At Luncheon
At the Sheraton hotel today the High Point USO awarded 15 junior and five senior hostesses for a combined 16 276 hours of duty. Major F W Spearman presented pins and praised the unit while noting hours records by Mrs C W Davis and Miss Margaret Lee. Pins show one star for 500 hours, two for 1 000, and three for 2 000.
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High Point Uso
Sheraton Hotel
F. W. Spearman
War Department
Aleutian Islands
C. W. Davis
E. Washington Street
Margaret Lee
Johnson Street
One-man Propaganda Bureau Man Teaches Natives Song
Native Chorus Atlantic City notes Staff Sgt Wes ley W Mansir of Cambridge Mass taught natives in twelve months in the southwest Pacific the song Lay That Pistol Down Babe He awaits reassignment at AAF redistribution station No 1.
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Atlantic City
INS
Wesley W. Mansir
Cambridge
Mass
Southwest Pacific
Mansir
AAF
Kamikaze Corps Stems From Legend
Guam dispatch details the term Kamikaze from 13th century typhoon legends and Japan's WWII special attack unit. It notes pilots may receive two days leave in Tokyo before missions and that some pilots crash into American ships. It reports on morale and propaganda claims amid advancing Allied forces near Japan.
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George McWilliams
Tame News Service
GUAM
INS
Pea
Abla Khan
Tokyo
Navy
Okinawa
Radio Tokyo
Losso
Carrier
Japan
Seeds for China to be sent under lend-lease aid
Under a joint request by the Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the United States government under lend-lease is sending 30 000 bags of seeds of various farm products to China. The seeds will first be planted in Free China and later moved to farms in occupied territories as they are recaptured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China Chungking
INS
Uest
Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
U. S
China
Free China
Plant Groups Will Handle Gas Rations
War price and rationing board and share-ride committee adopt a plan to let plant employees obtain supplementary gasoline rations at their workplace. Ration groups will issue in two phases based on expiration dates, easing board workload and reducing plant absenteeism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Price and Rationing Board
J. F. Jones
Jones
Edwin J Burns Dies At Daughter's Home In High Point
Edwin J. Burns longtime High Point resident died at his daughter Mrs. O H Hepler home after an extended illness. He was born in High Point son of Griffin Burns and Martha Jane Jones Burns and lived here his whole life. Survived by wife, daughter and brother Jones Burns all of High Point. body at J C Green Funeral Home Thomasville until Wednesday morning then to Se chapel.
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Edwin John Burns
O. H. Hepler
H Point
Griffin Burns
Martha Jane Jones Burns
First Baptist Church
Jones Burns
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France
Hamilton Lumber CO
Fraley Field
Foint
W& C
E. Commerce St
Might Point
N.L. Garnar
Exchange Club
C.M
N. Main
VAN
Reddick
L. M. DeLegal
Center Theatre
North Main ST
U.S.S. Pittsburgh
John E. Ginrich
U.S
Philippines
U.S. Navy
Thomas Harville
High Point Man
Caledonia
Scotland
Nat Walker
Wailgreen
Aer Wee
Xysaeye Jewelers
J. C. Penney Co
AIR Force
Fourteenth Air Force
Gus D. Theodos
Rugby
N. D
Theodos
William Q. Anderson
Randolph Street
Anderson
Cossacks
Goodlin
USO
Lweri
Flower Tiely
Washington
Uit Lake
Wilfred Brugman
New York City
Camp Shanks
N. Y
Europe
Edwin J. Burns
dJohns-Manville
Papxer
Oak St
WN Lumber CO
Wachovia Bank
North State Machine Shop
Grimes Street
Walter Barker
Wrenn
Gate City Motor CO
S. Main St
Orkin
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