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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1944
Page
10
The Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a house to house paper collection next Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Local firms donate trucks and drivers. railroad sides will be canvassed the same day. Papers should be tied in bundles and left on the curb for pickup.
Captain James R. Teague of the High Point police department is named among 38 officers who will graduate from the FBI National Academy’s 25th session on July 22, 1944. The 14 week course in Washington DC trains local, county, and state officers and will establish local training schools. The class brings total graduates to 892 since 1935, with over 100,000 officers reportedly trained in FBI techniques.
City Manager Roy S. Braden announced there will be no city council meeting Thursday unless a special session is called. Last week's session was postponed to finish reviewing the 1944-45 budgets, with completion expected by next week for the regular meeting set for Thursday, June 27. Mayor A. J. Koonce is away on vacation and expected back next week.
Two 17 year old boys Robert Cecil and Darrell Heckler were sentenced to 90 days on the county roads after lying to Superior Court Judge H Hoyle Sink about prior court appearances. Cecil faced charges of breaking and entering larceny of money and breaking out window lights while Heckler's record included assault. A third youth Charles Brooks hire failed to appear. Tourists home operator M F Smith fined 300 dollars with probation. E C Moser fined 750 dollars for aiding prostitution. George Ford Negro received a sentence of 18 to 24 months on the county roads for assault with intent to commit rape.
Guilford County Airport Authority met at the county building on South Main street to hear complaints from property owners about Fraley Field operations. R. T. Amos said several mild complaints about stunt flying over residences were addressed.
The Air WACs from Station No. 2 Miami stage a 56 member cast and 18 piece orchestra at the Paramount tomorrow night on a 12 week southern tour to aid WAC recruitment. Notables include Cpl Zachary Zolov and Pvt Peter Patti with master of ceremonies Tech Sgt Arthur Mooney and Warrant Officer James Schrodt conducting.
Woodmen of the World Camp No. 62 held an initiation at Woodman Hall 304 North Main Tuesday night. Three candidates joined and a Juvenile Camp graduate was welcomed. Assets total 9300 with a $100 War Bond. 298 adults and 27 juveniles belong. Sixty one members serve, one member has fallen. Plans for a new hall near West High street are anticipated after the war.
A morning blaze in the Daniel Brooks Homes started by an oil stove exploded in Helen Revel’s apartment but firemen arrived to find the fire out and minimal damage. A second incident yesterday afternoon at C. H. Tews’ residence 228 Willowbrook Street also burned out with no damage.
Fred Cruthis, 20, of Rt 3, was released under $300 bond after arrest on larceny charges for stealing $5 from J. B. Hansell. His municipal court hearing is set for Friday morning.
The manpower priorities committee classified over 300 firms in the High Point Greensboro Winston-Salem area and set employment ceilings. Meeting at the Sheraton hotel, the group issued AA priorities for logging and lumbering and outlined review processes and 60 day revision cycles.
Pfc Robert C Coleman, 21, was killed in action June 30 in Italy while serving with the infantry. He had served since 1942 and been overseas since 1943, with prior action in Africa and Sicily. Survived by father Vic Coleman of Portsmouth VA, an aunt Catherine Howard, three sisters, and two brothers in the Army and abroad.
At a morning meeting of the public relations club the war price and rationing board office, C. E. Yokeley a sociology professor at William Penn High School, was introduced as the Negro representative. He will form committees to join the colored public relations panel and the post office department will distribute OPA prices and regulations via mail carriers. The club also secured a 15 minute radio slot every two weeks on WMFR with a July 25 program to feature a speaker.
War department informs Mrs Olive Brewer of 1204 South Main Street that Pvt Jack Brewer was wounded in action in France on June 6 and is now in a hospital. He was inducted March 14, 1942 and has been overseas since September 1943.
Milton Silver, president of the Silver Knit Hosiery Mills, announced the purchase of the old Giant Furniture Company plant at South Hamilton and East Russell streets from Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Murray. The deal covers all structures and real estate, with 500 by 200 feet frontage and 100,000 square feet of floor space. The firm plans expansion and improved operations, employing about 550 workers with a plant capacity of 750, though current output is hampered by labor and material shortages.
Mary Doane Rankin of 227 Edgedale Drive has been accepted as a WAVES member. Local Navy recruiter Ige F Ball announced the oath was administered by Lieut Mary Frances Ivey in Raleigh after Rankin completed final examinations. She will await orders then go to Hunter College for boot training and currently works as a secretary at Guilford Hosiery Mills.
In High Point the fifth War Loan campaign shows 198 E bonds sold totaling $6 225. The overall E bond tally reaches $512 168 75 against a $551 000 quota, leaving $38 831 25 short with eleven days remaining. G Curtis Smith, campaign general chairman, commented on progress.
Pfc Samuel W Sechrest has been reported missing in action in France since June 17, according to a War Department message received today. A 11 month service man, Sechrest has been overseas since May 1943 with the infantry and is the son of Mr and Mrs Sam M Sechrest of Randie man formerly of High Point. He has two sisters Miss Mary Sechrest and Mrs Opal Patterson in High Point and another sister Mrs Elma Davis in Randie man.
Albert Jones, 9, sustained bruises and scratches after his scooter struck a car on West Russell Street and was hospitalized. Driver Charles W. Baker, 61, of 507 Willowbrook Street, faced no charges. A second crash at 1485 South Main injured no one. Derton’s car rear fender and wheel damaged, Welch’s car fender and bumper damaged.
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