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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1945
Page
10
Public Works Director T. C. Kirkman reports four new garbage trucks sit idle as absenteeism and a labor shortage bite. Crews struggle with back alley collection as workers quit and only part time staff remain. Trucks are now restricted from alleys and will require residents to place cans on curb. until staffing improves, operations pause.
Two local dress shops faced OPA price panel action for minor overcharges. One case stemmed from a mispriced garment tag, the other from a pricing rule misapplication found during a survey. Both shops were ordered to pay $5 to the U.S. Treasury.
W E Hussey of this city reports son 2nd Lt Jack W Hussey with the U S Marine Corps in the Pacific was hospitalized June 23 and later transferred to U S Naval Base Hospital No 18. He is said to be suffering from combat fatigue from active duty during the heavy fighting of last month.
City Manager Roy S. Braden floated a plan to extend Mangum avenue northward past East High street and the railway into Fifth street and East Lexington avenue, potentially via a wooden viaduct over tracks. The idea aims to create a new main route east of the tracks and would affect Perry street bridge plans and freight property use. The council authorized Ward street extension and asked the state highway commission to study a western north south corridor linking Palatka to Burton street.
Plans completed for the annual summer conference of the Carolinas advertising and executives association to be held Friday and Saturday at Sedgefield. J L Alle of Wilmington says nationally known leaders will appear on the two day program. Speakers include Glen Gundal Frank P Kendall Lee Ward Howard Boyce and E N Pope from Raleigh.
The City of High Point will auction three parcels at the city hall door next Monday at 11 am. Lot 13 on Centennial avenue measures 200 by 50 with a $400 bid. Lots 49 and 50 on Charlotte street east of Denny street measure 25 by 150 each with $250 bids. A third lot on Taylor street measures 123 by 50 with a $100 bid. The Louisiana Purchase note appears as a separate historical aside.
Evangelist E Parker Buck will guest minister at Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church open-air services starting this evening at 7 30 and continuing through Tuesday July 31 at J H Witcher home. Buck is an ordained preacher known in the state for church work and radio broadcasts. Church officials invite the public to attend.
Mrs. R L Wall 73 died at her Sandy Ridge home Rockingham county this morning from a Sunday stroke. Native of the county she spent most of her life in Sandy Ridge. Survived by four daughters H G Rothrock High Point Ernest Hinshaw Nell Wall and J Frey Liberty three sons R L Wall Liberty Luther Sam Wall Sandy Ridge a sister S H Peel Sandy Ridge a brother T L Hutchison Clarkton 19 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren. Funeral rites set for Thursday afternoon at Delta Methodist church Sandy Ridge with burial in the church cemetery.
Funeral services for W. Howard Morgan 57 were held at Trinity Methodist Church in Thomasville with Rev. D. A. Oakley Dr. John R. Church and Rev. W. M. Rathburn officiating. Active pallbearers included church stewards M. E. Bryant Ed Hale Walter Tysinger and others. honorary pallbearers listed. Interment was in the family plot at the city cemetery with music by the church choir and solo performances by Annie Chisholm and local pianists.
James Turner Blake, 72, died Thursday night. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 PM from Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Montgomery County. Ministers Rev Paul E. Uhrig, Troy, Rev C. H. Crawford, and Rev E. J. Parnell officiated. Pallbearers included Charley Loflin, Isam Russell, Lacy Ferguson, Ervin Chandler, Earnest Blake, and F. E. Gibson. Music by Rev and Mrs Paul E. Uhrig. Flowers by family friends, arranged by Mrs Anna Morris. Interment in church cemetery.
A C-47 dropped boxes of rations as Dixie division infantry engaged Japanese forces. The Japs suffered 85 killed in the battle but retreated with 14 boxes of rations. In the five years after World War I price collapse, 105,996 U S businesses failed.
Thirty-one men left the local draft boards for induction at Fort Bragg into the armed services. Seventeen were selectees from board four and fourteen from board five. Names of the board four and board five participants are listed, with one note about a nonrequested trip to Granite City, Illinois.
Mrs. Sarah Dawson Hubbard 84 widow of J. P. Hubbard died at her son Horace Hubbard’s home in Jamestown Rt. 1 after a ten month illness. Born October 27, 1860 in Rockingham County, she survived by two daughters Ida Jarrell and Lena Cox, four sons Horace George Robert and Earl, plus 33 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Funeral at Oak Grove Baptist Church Friday at 4 pm with multiple pastors officiating. burial in Mitchell Grove Cemetery.
Ed Mendenhall of Mendenhall Thompson Realtors received a letter from Pfc Frank Shields now in Halle Germany. Shields sent two four leaf clovers and a note recalling a 1940 gift of four leaf clovers from Salisbury North Carolina. The clovers serve as advertising souvenirs linked to the firm.
The fund to establish a library aboard the USS High Point Victory, named for High Point and built at Bethlehem Fairfield in Baltimore, has $9 in treasury with $341 still needed. The ship will launch around August 20, and organizers hope to install the library before then. Contributors include Mrs. Jack Simon and several civic supporters.
A seven foot brightly painted wave decorates the smokestack of an unnamed troop ship at Portland. Marines praise the artwork as the ship's captain orders care to protect the design. The scene highlights morale and pride aboard during service.
A High Point delegation led by City Manager Roy S. Braden leaves for Raleigh to argue against the proposed super highway routing. The group joins Piedmont representatives defending the route from Knoxville to Richmond via Asheville and Greensboro and from Richmond to Atlanta via Rocky Mount and Fayetteville, while Raleigh citizens oppose being bypassed.
The meeting at Bennett College Greensboro ended with Mrs. Cecile P. Henry of Delaware chosen president for a two year term after the national congress of colored parents and teachers concluded.
An ad touts Black and White Ointment as immediate aid for eczema acne pimples tetter salt rheum and related skin miseries. It claims rapid healing and antiseptic success at 25 cents with price reduction if used as directed.
The American Business club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce hosted a joint dinner at the city lake. Capt. Alfred Moffitt, back from England, shared impressions of the English people and places. Earlier he spoke of South America and the Caribbean. A soft ball game preceded the greet with AB scoring 19 to 6. AB umpire C. Pat Patterson and players Darrell Bulla Gib Clinard Dan Walker Allen Parker led the action. Guests included William Griffith James Perkinson Clarence Hedrick and Lt Hamlin Briggs.
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